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USS Frost
Edsall-class destroyer escort (ship) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Frost (DE-144) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1966.
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Namesake | Holloway Halstead Frost |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
Laid down | 13 January 1943 |
Launched | 21 March 1943 |
Commissioned | 30 August 1943 |
Decommissioned | 18 June 1946 |
Stricken | 1 April 1965 |
Honours and awards | 7 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation |
Fate | Sold 29 December 1966, scrapped |
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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) |
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Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
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Complement | 8 officers, 201 enlisted |
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