USS Straus
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For a ship with a similar name, see USS Joseph Strauss.
USS Straus (DE-408) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1947. She was finally sunk as a target in 1973.
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United States | |
Name | Straus |
Namesake | David H. Straus |
Builder | Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas |
Laid down | 18 November 1943 |
Launched | 30 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 6 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 15 January 1947 |
Stricken | 1 May 1966 |
Fate | Sunk as target, August 1973 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | John C. Butler-class destroyer escort |
Displacement | 1,350 long tons (1,372 t) |
Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) |
Propulsion | 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp (8,900 kW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
Range | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Complement | 14 officers, 201 enlisted |
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