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USS Currier (DE-700) in 1959
History
USS CurrierUnited States
NameUSS Currier
Ordered1942
BuilderDefoe Shipbuilding Co.
Laid down1943
Launched14 October 1943
Commissioned1 February 1944
Decommissioned4 April 1960
Stricken1 December 1966
FateSunk as target 11 July 1967
General characteristics
Class and typeBuckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,400 tons standard
  • 1,740 tons full load
Length306 ft (93 m)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Draft9.5 ft (2.9 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 boilers, General Electric Turbo-electric drive
  • 2 solid manganese-bronze 3600 lb 3-bladed propellers, 8.5 ft (2.6 m) diameter, 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) pitch
  • 12,000 hp (8.9 MW)
  • 2 rudders
Speed23 knots (43 km/h)
Range
  • 359 tons oil
  • 3,700 nautical miles (6,900 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
  • 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement15 officers, 210 men
Armament
  • 3 × 3 in (76 mm) cal. guns (76.2 mm) (3x1)
  • 4 × 1.1"/75 caliber gun Anti-Aircraft guns (1x4)
  • 8 × 20 mm (8x1)
  • 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1x3)
  • 1 × hedgehog projector
  • 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Currier (DE-700) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1960. She was sunk as a target in 1967.

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