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Serrano

Buckley Class Destroyer Escort / Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport: ? Laid down 15 October 1943 as Odum (DE-670), a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Dravo Corp., Neville Island,Pittsburgh, PA. ? Launched, 19 December 1943 ? Redesignated (APD-71), 27 June 1944 ? Ferried to Orange, TX. for fitting out as a High-speed Transport ? Commissioned USS Odum (APD-71), 12 January 1945, at Consolidated Steel Corp, Orange TX., LCDR. John A. Comly USNR in command ? During World War II USS Odum was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, TransDiv One Hundred Seven CAPT. N. E. Miller USN ? Following World War II USS Odum was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods: Navy Occupation Service Medal 6 to 24 September 1945 7 to 27 October 1945 4 to 21 November 1945 ? Decommissioned, 15 November 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL. ? Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs ? Moved to Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX. at a later date ? Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1966 ? Sold to Chile, 15 November 1966, under terms of the Military Assistance Program, renamed ACH Serrano (APD-26) ? Final Disposition, retired from the Chilean Navy in 1984 and scrapped ________________________________________ APD Specifications: Displacement 1,400 t.(lt), 2,130 t.(fl) Length 306' ovl. Beam 37" Draft 12' 7" (limiting) Speed 23.6 kts. (trial) Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts. Complement Officers 12 Enlisted 192 Troop Accommodations Officers 12 Enlisted 150 Largest Boom Capacity 10 t. Boats 4 LCVP landing craft Troop Accoutrements six 1/4 ton trucks two 1 ton trucks four ammunition carts four pack howitzers Storage Ammunition 6,000 cu. ft. General Cargo 3,500 cu. ft. Gasoline 1,000 cu. ft. Armament one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount three twin 40 mm AA gun mounts six single 20 mm AA gun mounts two depth charge tracks Fuel Capacities NSFO 2,216 Bbls Diesel 93 Bbls Propulsion two Combustion Engineering "D" Express boilers, 435psi 750? two General Electric turbines, (turbo-electric drive) Ship's Service Generators two 300Kw 450V A.C. two 40Kw 120V D.C. two propellers, 12,000shp

Username	surveychile
Shipowner	Haverbeck y Skalweit of Valdivia, Chile.
Ship manager
IMO Number
Type of ship	Destroyer
Year of build and builder	1945 Dravo Corp., Neville Island,Pittsburgh, PA.
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Added on	29/04/2016
Dimension	1200 x 561
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