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DE- 251 USS CAMP

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 January 27 1943.
Launched April 16 1943.
Commissioned September 16 1943.
Decommissioned May 1 1946.
Reclassified DER-251, October 21 1955.
Recommissioned July 31 1956.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken December 30 1975.
Fate To South Vietnam February 13 1971.
Renamed Tran Hung Dao
Escaped with South Vietnamese forces to the Philippines in 1975.
To Philippines April 5 1976.
Renamed Rajah Lakandula.
Stricken in 1988.
Still exists as stationary barracks ship in Subic Bay as of 1999.

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Camp 41k Undated late war time image. USN
Camp 109k Undated late war time image. (Better Image of above) USN
Camp 85k As DER - 251 Undated. USN /Gary Bee EN3
Camp 145k As DER - 251 Undated. USN / Gary Bee EN3
Camp 103k Floating Dry-Dock, Undated. USN / Gary Bee EN3
Camp 147k July 31 1956, Recommissioning ceremony. USN / Gary Bee EN3
Camp 197k Boston Harbor, July 1964. © Richard Leonhardt
Camp 87k Boston Harbor, July 1964. © Richard Leonhardt
Camp 71k Boston Harbor, July 1964. © Richard Leonhardt
Camp 15k In the Philippine Navy as the BRP Rajah Lakandula (PS 4), Undated Joe Radigan
Camp 42k Off the coast of Oahu about 1970 Dennis Clark

USS CAMP DE- 251 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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