USS Erben
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37.5364833°N 126.9782484°E / 37.5364833; 126.9782484
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USS Erben underway the 1950s | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Erben |
Namesake | Henry Erben |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 28 October 1942 |
Launched | 21 March 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. C. B. G. Gaillard |
Commissioned | 28 May 1943 |
Decommissioned | 27 June 1958 |
Stricken | 2 June 1975 |
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Fate | Transferred to South Korea, 16 May 1963 |
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South Korea | |
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Namesake | Chungmu |
Acquired | 16 May 1963 |
Commissioned | 16 May 1963 |
Decommissioned | 1993 |
Reclassified | DD-911 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-91 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1993 |
Notes | Training vessel in 1983 |
General characteristics | |
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Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6500 nm at 15 kn (12,000 km at 28 km/h) |
Complement | 329 |
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USS Erben (DD-631), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Henry Erben (1832–1909).
Erben (DD-631) was launched 21 March 1943 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. C. B. G. Gaillard, daughter of Rear Admiral Erben; and commissioned 28 May 1943.