USS Currier

	USS Currier (DE-700) in 1959
History
United States
Name	USS Currier
Ordered	1942
Builder	Defoe Shipbuilding Co.
Laid down	1943
Launched	14 October 1943
Commissioned	1 February 1944
Decommissioned	4 April 1960
Stricken	1 December 1966
Fate	Sunk as target 11 July 1967
General characteristics
Class & type	Buckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,400 tons standard; 1,740 tons full load;
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	9.5 ft (2.9 m)
Propulsion	2 boilers, General Electric Turbo-electric drive; 2 solid manganese-bronze 3600 lb 3-bladed propellers, 8.5 ft (2.6 m) diameter, 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) pitch; 12,000 hp (8.9 MW); 2 rudders;
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h)
Range	359 tons oil; 3,700 nautical miles (6,900 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h); 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h);
Complement	15 officers, 210 men
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm) cal. guns (76.2 mm) (3x1); 4 × 1.1"/75 caliber gun Anti-Aircraft guns (1x4); 8 × 20 mm (8x1); 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1x3); 1 × hedgehog projector; 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Currier (DE-700) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1960. She was sunk as a target in 1967.