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DE 229 - APD - 90 USS KIRWIN

CLASS - Rudderow
Displacement 1,450 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 40mm AA, 10 x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2 Dc Racks.
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; GE turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 24 Knots, Crew 186.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Philadelphia Navy Yard on February 14 1944.
Launched June 16 1944.
Reclassified APD -89 and converted while still under construction.
Commissioned November 5 1945.
Decommissioned 6 April 1946.
Recommissioned 15 January 1965
Decommissioned (date unknown).
Stricken September 15 1974.
Fate Sold July 1 1975 and broken up for scrap.
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USS KIRWIN DE- 229 - APD -90 History
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