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Specialized naval vessel of United States Navy
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History
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United States
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Name
| USS
Deperm
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Builder
| Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland
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Laid down
| 1943
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Launched
| 1944
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Commissioned
| 1945
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Reclassified
| YDG-10
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Stricken
| 21 February 1975
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Fate
| Sunk as a target, 22 September 1982
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General characteristics
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Type
| Patrol Craft, Escort
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Displacement
| 850 long tons (864 t)
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Length
| 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
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Beam
| 33 ft 1 in (10.08 m)
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Draft
| 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
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Propulsion
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- 2 × General Motors
12-567A
diesel engines, 2,900 hp (2,163 kW) each
- 2 shafts
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Speed
| 15.7
knots
(29.1 km/h; 18.1 mph)
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Complement
| 99
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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
/
32.96667; -119.68333
. According to the available depth data in 2020, at this location the bottom is between 1250m and 1500m along the edge of a basin.
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Degaussing ships of the United States Navy
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