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DD-635 / DMS-42 Earle


Benson Class Destroyer: Laid down at Boston Navy Yard, Boston Mass; Launched 10 December 1941; Commissioned USS Earle (DD-635), 1 September 1942; Reclassified and converted to High Speed Minesweeper (DMS-42) 23 June 1945; Placed Out-of-Commission-in-Reserve 17 May 1947 at San Francisco CA; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; Reclassified Destroyer (DD-635), 15 July 1955; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Final Disposition, unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,630 t.(lt), 2,200 t.(fl); Length 347' 10"; Beam 36' 1" ; Draft 15' 8"; Speed 37 kts; Complement 261; Armament 4 single 5"/38 gun mounts, four 40mm, five 20mm, six dcp, two dct; Propulsion, 4 boilers, 2 steam turbines, 2 two shafts, two propellers.
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