USS Camp (DE-251)
USS Camp (DE-251) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was named in honor of Jack Hill Camp who was born 27 August 1916 in Jennings, Louisiana. Jack Hill Camp enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve 20 January 1941 and was appointed a naval aviator 29 December 1941. Attached to Patrol Squadron 44, Ensign Camp was killed in action 7 June 1942 during the Battle of Midway.
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USS Camp (DE-251)
USS Camp (DE-251) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was named in honor of Jack Hill Camp who was born 27 August 1916 in Jennings, Louisiana. Jack Hill Camp enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve 20 January 1941 and was appointed a naval aviator 29 December 1941. Attached to Patrol Squadron 44, Ensign Camp was killed in action 7 June 1942 during the Battle of Midway.
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USS Camp (DE-251) was an Edsal ...... United States Atlantic Fleet.
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1971-02-13
1976-04-05
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1943-09-16
1976-07-27
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1946-05-01
laying down
1943-01-27
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9.32688e+1
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1.09728e+1
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1943-04-16
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Escaped to the Philippines and transferred to thePhilippine Navy, 5 April 1976
Transferred toSouth Vietnam, 13 February 1971
Was in service in 1999 as abarracks ship, probably sold as scrap
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*4 FM diesel engines
*4 diesel-generators
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*2 screws
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USS Camp (DE-251) was an Edsal ...... 2 during the Battle of Midway.
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USS Camp (DE-251)
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RPS (later BRP) Rajah Lakandula (PF-4)
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RVNS Tran Hung Dao (HQ-01)
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