USS Finch (DE-328)
Edsall-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Finch.
USS Finch (DE-328) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946 and from 1956 to 1969. From 1951 to 1954, she was loaned to the United States Coast Guard where she served as USCGC Finch (WDE-428). She was scrapped in 1974.
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USCGC Finch (WDE-428) | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Joseph W. Finch Jr. |
Builder | Consolidated Steel, Orange, Texas |
Laid down | 29 June 1943 |
Launched | 28 August 1943 |
Commissioned | 13 December 1943 |
Decommissioned | 4 October 1946 |
History | |
United States | |
Commissioned | 21 August 1951 as (WDE-428) |
Decommissioned | 23 April 1954 |
History | |
United States | |
Commissioned | 17 September 1956 |
Decommissioned | 1 October 1973 |
Reclassified | as DER-328, 21 October 1955 |
Stricken | 1 February 1974 |
Fate | Scrapped, 27 September 1974 |
General characteristics | |
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) |
Propulsion | 2-shaft Fairbanks Morse diesels, 6,000 bhp |
Speed | 21 knots |
Range | 10,800 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
Complement | 186 |
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