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DE 230 USS CHAFFEE
CLASS: Rudderow TYPE: TEV (turbo-electric drive, long hull, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,450 tons (std) 1,810 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 11.5" x 13' 9" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38 Mk30, 4 (2x2) 40mm Mk1 AA, 10 x 20mm/70 Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (230 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors (40), 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks (60)
Machinery: 2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 5,050 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 12 / 192
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Charleston Navy Yard on 26 August 1943, Launched 27 November 1943
Commissioned 9 May 1944, Decommissioned 15 April 1946
Stricken 17 August 1946
Fate Sold 29 June 1948 to the California Maritime Academy as training vessel.
Final fate unknown.
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patrolling in the Atlantic 1943 |
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in drydock at Luzon 1943 after kamikaze torpedo attack |
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USS CHAFFEE DE- 230 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Robert H. Christ / USS Chaffee Historian
Address: 985 Sentinel Oaks Drive / Clover SC 29710
Phone: (803) 831 8085
E-mail: Robert Christ
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