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History
USS AbercrombieUnited States
NameAbercrombie
NamesakeWilliam Abercrombie
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down8 November 1943
Launched14 January 1944
Commissioned1 May 1944
Decommissioned15 June 1946
Stricken1 May 1967
IdentificationDE-343
FateSunk as target 7 January 1968
General characteristics
Class and typeJohn C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Displacement1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
Length306 ft (93 m)
Beam36 ft 8 in (11.18 m)
Draft9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
Propulsion2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp (8,900 kW); 2 propellers
Speed24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement222
Armament
  • 2 × single 5 in (127 mm) guns
  • 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
  • 10 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns
  • 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 8 × depth charge throwers
  • 1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar
  • 2 × depth charge racks

USS Abercrombie (DE-343) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was finally sunk as a target in 1968.

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