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U.S.S. SCHMITT
(APD-76)Click to view crew list
APD-76 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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FEB | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 22 FEB 1943 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Hingham MA | ||
MAY | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 29 MAY 1943 | ||
JUL | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 24 JUL 1943 | ||
JUL | 1943 | - | DEC | 1945 | Middle Pacific |
JUN | 1949 | - | Decommissioned: 28 JUN 1949 |
APD-76 General Specifications
Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort
Named for: Aloysius Schmitt
Complement: 213 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 1400 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 37 feet
Flank Speed: 24 knots
Final Disposition: Sold to Taiwan February 1968