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USS Ramsden (DE-382)
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: N T G Z
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 26 March 1943, Launched 24 May 1943
Commissioned 19 October 1943, Decommissioned 13 June 1946
Loaned to USCG and Recommissioned WDE-482, 1 April 1952
Returned USN and Decommissioned 28 June 1954
Reclassified and converted DER-382, 1 November 1956
Recommissioned 10 December 1957, Decommissioned 23 June 1960
Stricken 1 August 1974
Fate: sunk as target (date unknown)
