USS Richard W. Suesens
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USS Richard W. Suesens (DE-342) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1947. She was finally sold for scrap in 1973.
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United States | |
Name | Richard W. Suesens |
Namesake | Richard Wayne Suesens |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
Laid down | 1 November 1943 |
Launched | 11 January 1944 |
Commissioned | 26 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 15 January 1947 |
Stricken | 15 March 1972 |
Identification | DE-342 |
Fate | Sold for scrap 13 June 1973 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | John C. Butler-class destroyer escort |
Displacement | 1,350 long tons (1,372 t) |
Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) |
Propulsion | 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp (8,900 kW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 222 |
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