U.S.S. William T. Powell
DER-213
1952
(NNCAD 2367e)
- Class: Buckley - 7 converted destroyer escort radar pickets of 1945-58
- Displacement: 1,400 tons standard / 2,170 tons full load
- Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36'9" x 10'6"
- Machinery: steam turbine-electric drive; 2 shafts; 12,000 SHP
- Speed: 24 knots
- Guns: 2-5"/38 (2x1); 10-40mm (1x4+3x2), 8-20mm (4x2)
- ASW weapons: 2 DC rack
- Complement: 185
- Builder: Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina
- Keel Laid: 26 Aug 1943
- Launched: 27 Nov 1943
- Commissioned: 28 Mar 1944 / 28 Nov 1950
- Decommissioned: 9 Jan 1949 / 17 Jan 1958
- Notes: First of a large number of destroyer escorts converted to radar picket duty, Jun-Oct 1945 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas. During the Cold War radar picket ships were used to extend the DEW (Distant Early Warning) line of radar stations guarding against potential Soviet attack. The radar picket mission ended in 1965, but several of this class went on to serve in Vietnam.
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