U.S.S. Vandivier
DER-540
1956
(NNCAD 2367d)
- Class: John C. Butler - 2 converted destroyer escort radar pickets of 1954
- Displacement: 1,240 tons light / 1,745 tons standard
- Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36'9" x 10'6"
- Machinery: steam geared turbines; 2 shafts; 12,000 SHP
- Speed: 24 knots
- Guns: 2-5"/38 (2x1)
- ASW weapons: 1 trainable Hedgehog; 2 torpedo rack side launchers; 1 DC rack
- Complement: 187
- Builder: Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
- Keel Laid: 8 Nov 1943
- Launched: 27 Dec 1944
- Commissioned: 11 Oct 1955
- Decommissioned: 30 Jun 1960
- Notes: Launched as DE-540. Construction suspended 17 Feb 1947. Redesignated DER-540 2 Sep 1954.
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