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DD-751 / DM-31 J William Ditter


Robert H Smith Light Mine Layer: Laid down as J William Ditter (DD-751), an Allen M Sumner Class Destroyer, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island NY; Launched 4 July 1944; Redesignated a Light Mine Layer (DM-31), 19 July 1944; Commissioned USS J William Ditter (DM-31), 28 October 1944; Decommissioned 28 September 1945; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Final Disposition, scrapped in 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 Babcocks 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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