USS Tills
Tills on 11 October 1944 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Tills |
| Namesake | Ensign Robert Tills |
| Builder | Western Pipe and Steel Company |
| Laid down | 23 June 1943 |
| Launched | 3 October 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Helen Irene Tills, sister of Robert Tills |
| Commissioned | 8 August 1944 |
| Decommissioned | June 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 21 November 1950 |
| Decommissioned | 18 October 1959 |
| Recommissioned | 1 October 1961 |
| Decommissioned | 23 September 1968 |
| Stricken | 23 September 1968 |
| Homeport | Portland, Maine |
| Fate | Sunk as target off Virginia, 3 April 1969 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Cannon-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Range | 10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 15 officers and 201 enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Tills (DE-748) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1968. She was sunk as a target in 1969.