USS Stafford
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USS Stafford (DE-411) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was named after Richard Y. Stafford (1916–1942), a United States Marine Corps Captain who died during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
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Name | Stafford |
Namesake | Richard Y. Stafford |
Builder | Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas |
Laid down | 29 November 1943 |
Launched | 11 January 1944 |
Commissioned | 19 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 16 May 1946 |
Stricken | 15 March 1972 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 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) |
Range | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Complement | 14 officers, 201 enlisted |
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Stafford's keel was laid down on 29 November 1943 at Houston, Texas, by Brown Shipbuilding. The ship was launched on 11 January 1944, sponsored by Miss Flora Stafford; and commissioned on 19 April 1944.