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J. William Ditter (DM 31)
ex-William Ditter
ex-Ditter
ex-DD-751
Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyer/Robert H. Smith Light Minelayer: Laid down 25 January 1944 as Ditter (DD-751) at the Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, NY; Renamed William Ditter 14 March 1944; Renamed J. William Ditter 3 July 1944; Launched 4 July 1944; Redesignated a Light Minelayer,
DM-31, 19 July 1944; Commissioned USS J. William Ditter (DM-31), 28 October 1944; Decommissioned 28 September 1945 at New York; Struck from the Naval Register 11 October 1945; Scrapped in July 1946.
Specifications: Displacement 2,380 t.(lt) , 3370 t.(fl); Length 376' 6"; Beam 40' 10" ; Draft 18' 10"; Speed 34kts; Complement 363; Armament three twin 5"/38 Duel Purpose gun mounts, six twin 40mm gun mounts, eleven 20mm guns, two .50 cal machine guns, two dct, four dcp; Propulsion, four Babcock and Wilcox boilers, two GEC geared turbines, 60,000SHP at 36.5kts, two shafts, two propellers, Range 3,300 nm at 20kts.
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c. January 1945
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View the J. William Ditter (DM-31)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource Destroyer Pages, USS J. William Ditter (DD-751)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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