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DE- 677 / APD -77 USS FRAMENT

CLASS - Buckley
Displacement 1,400 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 37' x 13' 6" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 4 x 1.1" AA, 8 x 20 mmAA, 3 x 21"TT (1x3) 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2racks.
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; G. E. Turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 24 Knots, Range 6,000 NM @ 12 Knts. Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Quincy on May 1 1943.
Launched June 28 1943.
Commissioned August 15 1943.
Decommissioned December 3 1944.
Converted to APD-77.
Recommissioned March (?) 1945.
Decommissioned May 30 1946.
Stricken January 1 1960.
Fate To Ecuador as power hulk July 1961.

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Frament 45k The pictures of her in the APD configuration were taken outside the Yangtze River in December 1945. © William J Mennel
Frament 41k The pictures of her in the APD configuration were taken outside the Yangtze River in December 1945. © William J Mennel
Frament 73k As De-677 configuration, 1944. USN / William J Mennel
Frament 88k E- Division, December 1945. © William J Mennel
Frament 83k Crew, December 1945. © William J Mennel

USS FRAMENT DE- 677 / APD -77 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: None
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail:None

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Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
NavSource APD Pages, FRAMENT

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