Sunk as a target off California on 24 February 1982
General characteristics
Class and type
Edsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement
1,253 tons standard
1,590 tons full load
Length
306 feet (93.27 m)
Beam
36.58 feet (11.15 m)
Draft
10.42 full load feet (3.18 m)
Propulsion
4 FM diesel engines,
4 diesel-generators,
6,000 shp (4.5 MW),
2 screws
Speed
21 knots (39 km/h)
Range
9,100 nmi. at 12 knots
(17,000 km at 22 km/h)
Complement
8 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament
3 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns
1 × twin 40 mm AA guns
8 × single 20 mm AA guns
1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
8 × depth charge projectors
1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog)
2 × depth charge tracks
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