USS Newell
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USS Newell (DE 322) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post war, she served in various capacities before being finally decommissioned.
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USS Newell, June 1944 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Byron Bruce Newell |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
Laid down | 5 April 1943 |
Launched | 29 June 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Byron B. Newell, widow of namesake |
Commissioned | 30 October 1943 |
Decommissioned | 21 September 1968 |
Reclassified | DER-322, 1 November 1956 |
Stricken | 23 September 1968 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 15 December 1971 |
United States | |
Name | USCGC Newell (WDE-422) |
Commissioned | 20 July 1951 |
Decommissioned | 1 June 1954 |
Fate | Returned to USN, 1 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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