USS Robert F. Keller
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Name | Robert F. Keller |
Laid down | 12 January 1944 |
Launched | 19 February 1944 |
Commissioned | 17 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | 24 April 1946 |
In service | 13th Naval District , September 1946 |
Out of service | January 1965 |
Stricken | 1 July 1972 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 5 February 1974 |
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Class and type | John C. Butler-class destroyer escort |
Displacement | 1,350 long tons (1,372 t) |
Length | 306 ft (93 m) (oa) |
Beam | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m) (max) |
Propulsion | 2 boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, 12,000 shp (8,900 kW), 2 screws |
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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USS Robert F. Keller (DE-419) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1965. She was scrapped in 1974.
History
Robert F. Keller was named in honor of Robert Franklin Keller, born in Denver, Colorado, 16 January 1918, who was awarded the
World War II
Following
On 28 January 1945 all ships of task group TG 30.7 were assigned to the
Robert F. Keller was ready for the operation by 21 March 1945 and proceeded to
Task Group 30.6 set out again on 6 July on what was to be Robert F. Keller's last combat operation of the war, antisubmarine sweeps east of Tokyo. Ten days later Robert F. Keller assisted in a kill when Lawrence C. Taylor caught the Japanese submarine I-13 on the surface and raked her with gunfire until she sank. When the end of hostilities was announced, Robert F. Keller proceeded to Guam.
After escorting transports loaded with occupation troops to
Robert F. Keller decommissioned 24 April 1946 at
Berlin crisis
On 21 September 1959 Robert F. Keller decommissioned and was placed "in service" assigned to Naval Reserve training in
Fate
She was placed out of commission in reserve at
Awards
No record of awards for this vessel found in Navy records.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
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