USS John Willis
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USS John Willis (DE-1027) was a Dealey-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy in service from 1957 to 1972.
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Name | USS John Willis |
Namesake | John Harlan Willis |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Company |
Laid down | 5 July 1955 |
Launched | 4 February 1956 |
Commissioned | 21 February 1957 |
Stricken | 14 July 1972 |
Fate | Sold for scrap 1973 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Dealey-class destroyer escort |
Displacement | 1,877 long tons (1,907 t) full load |
Length | 314 ft 6 in (95.86 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 9 in (11.20 m) |
Draft | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
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Speed | 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) |
Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
Complement | 170 |
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