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DE- 244 USS OTTERSTETTER
CLASS - Edsall
Displacement 1,250 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' x 10' 5" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 2x 40mmAA, 10x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's 2 DC racks.
Machinery, 6,000 SHP; 4 Fairbanks Morse Model 38d81/8 Geared Diesel Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 186.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston on November 9 1942.
Launched January 19 1943.
Commissioned August 6 1943.
Decommissioned September 24 1946.
Reclassified DER-244, October 1 1951.
Recommissioned June 6 1952.
Decommissioned June 20 1960.
Stricken August 1 1974.
Fate Sunk as a target off Puerto Rico February 15 1976.
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USS OTTERSTETTER DE- 244 History
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