USS Samuel S. Miles
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Arabe.
USS Samuel S. Miles (DE-183) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She returned home at war's end with eight battle stars to her credit.[2]
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USS Samuel S. Miles (DE-183) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Samuel S. Miles (DE-183) |
Namesake | Samuel Stockton Miles |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey |
Laid down | 5 July 1943 |
Launched | 3 October 1943 |
Commissioned | 4 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 28 March 1946 |
Stricken | 26 September 1950 |
Honors and awards | 8 battle stars (World War II) |
Fate | Transferred to France, 12 August 1950 |
French destroyer escort Arabe (F717) | |
History | |
France | |
Name | Arabe (F717) |
Namesake | Arab people |
Acquired | 12 August 1950 |
Stricken | 1968 |
Fate | Broken up, 1968 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Cannon-class destroyer escort |
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Length | |
Beam | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
Propulsion | 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
Range | 10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 15 officers and 201 enlisted |
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