USS Vance

USS Vance (DER-387), 26 November 1967.
History
United States
NameUSS Vance (DE-387)
NamesakeJoseph Williams Vance, Jr.
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Laid down30 April 1943
Launched16 July 1943
Commissioned1 November 1943
Decommissioned10 October 1969
ReclassifiedDER-387, 21 October 1955
Stricken1 June 1975
FateSunk as target, 1985
United States
NameUSCGC Vance (WDE-487)
Commissioned9 May 1952
Decommissioned16 June 1954
FateReturned to USN, 16 June 1954
General characteristics
Class & typeEdsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,253 tons standard
  • 1,590 tons full load
Length306 feet (93.27 m)
Beam36.58 feet (11.15 m)
Draft10.42 full load feet (3.18 m)
Propulsion
Speed21 knots (39 km/h)
Range
  • 9,100 nmi. at 12 knots
  • (17,000 km at 22 km/h)
Complement8 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament

USS Vance (DE-387) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort, named after Joseph Williams Vance, Jr.

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