USS Deperm
Appearance
History | |
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Name | USS Deperm |
Builder | Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland |
Laid down | 1943 |
Launched | 1944 |
Commissioned | 1945 |
Reclassified | YDG-10 |
Stricken | 21 February 1975 |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 22 September 1982 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol Craft, Escort |
Displacement | 850 long tons (864 t) |
Length | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
Beam | 33 ft 1 in (10.08 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15.7 knots (29.1 km/h; 18.1 mph) |
Complement | 99 |
Armament |
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USS Deperm (ADG-10) was a degaussing vessel of the United States Navy, named after the term deperm, a procedure for erasing the permanent magnetism from ships and submarines to camouflage them against magnetic detection vessels and enemy marine mines. Originally planned as a patrol craft escort (PCE-883), she was laid down in 1943, launched in 1944, and commissioned in 1945. She was subsequently redesignated a degaussing vessel, YDG-10, and named Deperm.
Struck from the Naval Register 21 February 1975, Deperm was sunk as a target 22 September 1982 at 32°58′0″N 119°41′0″W / 32.96667°N 119.68333°W. According to the available depth data in 2020, at this location the bottom is between 1250m and 1500m along the edge of a basin.[1]
Citations
[edit]- ^ "OpenSeaMap - Sinking location". map.openseamap.org. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
References
[edit]- "Deperm (ADG 10) / ex-YDG-10 / ex-PCE-883". Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive. Retrieved January 4, 2007.