USS Chambers
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USS Chambers (DE-391) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946 and from 1955 to 1960. From 1952 to 1954, she was loaned to the United States Coast Guard where she served as USCGC Chambers (WDE-491). She was finally scrapped in 1975.
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Name | Chambers |
Namesake | Russell Franklyn Chambers |
Builder | Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas |
Laid down | 28 May 1943 |
Launched | 17 August 1943 |
Commissioned | 22 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 20 June 1960 |
Reclassified | DER-391, 28 October 1954 |
Stricken | 1 March 1975 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 24 September 1975 |
United States | |
Name | USCGC Chambers WDE-491 |
Commissioned | 11 June 1952 |
Decommissioned | 30 July 1954 |
Fate | Returned to USN, 30 July 1954 |
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Class and type | Edsall-class destroyer escort |
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Length | 306 feet (93.27 m) |
Beam | 36.58 feet (11.15 m) |
Draft | 10.42 full load feet (3.18 m) |
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Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
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Complement | 8 officers, 201 enlisted |
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