USS Vance
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USS Vance (DE-387) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort, named after Joseph Williams Vance, Jr.
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USS Vance (DER-387), 26 November 1967. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Vance (DE-387) |
Namesake | Joseph Williams Vance, Jr. |
Builder | Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas |
Laid down | 30 April 1943 |
Launched | 16 July 1943 |
Commissioned | 1 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 10 October 1969 |
Reclassified | DER-387, 21 October 1955 |
Stricken | 1 June 1975 |
Fate | Sunk as target, 1985 |
United States | |
Name | USCGC Vance (WDE-487) |
Commissioned | 9 May 1952 |
Decommissioned | 16 June 1954 |
Fate | Returned to USN, 16 June 1954 |
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 |
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Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
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Complement | 8 officers, 201 enlisted |
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