USS Savage
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USS Savage (DE-386) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II.
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Name | USS Savage |
Namesake | Walter Samuel Savage Jr. |
Builder | Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas |
Laid down | 30 April 1943 |
Launched | 15 July 1943 |
Commissioned | 29 October 1943 |
Decommissioned | 17 October 1969 |
Reclassified | DER-386, 28 October 1954 |
Stricken | 1 June 1975 |
Fate | Sunk as target off California on 25 October 1982 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Edsall-class destroyer escort |
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Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 36.5 ft (11.1 m) |
Draft | 10.42 ft (3.18 m) full load |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
Range | 9,100 nmi (16,900 km; 10,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 8 officers, 201 enlisted |
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