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USS Camp (DE-251)
Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - D - R - S
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Rocky Mount"
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Navy Expeditionary Medal - American Campaign Medal
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row: Vietnam Service Medal w/ 7 stars - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation w/ 4 stars - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Class: Edsall Type: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,200 tons (std) 1,590 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 12' 3" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 8 / 201
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX on 27 January 1943, Launched 16 April 1943
Commissioned 16 September 1943, Decommissioned 1 May 1946
Reclassified DER-251, 21 October 1955
Recommissioned 31 July 1956, Decommissioned (?)
Stricken 30 December 1975
Fate: To South Vietnam 13 February 1971, Renamed Tran Hung Dao (HQ-1)
Escaped with South Vietnamese forces to the Philippines in 1975.
To Philippines 5 April 1976, Renamed BRP Rajah Lakandula (PS-4)
Stricken 1988, still in use as stationary barracks ship in Subic Bay as of 1999
