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USS Hollis (DE-794 / APD-86)

CLASS: Buckley TYPE: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 198

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 5 July 1943
Launched 11 September 1943, Commissioned 24 January 1944
Reclassified and converted APD-86, 24 January 1945
Decommissioned 5 May 1947, Recommissioned 6 April 1951
Decommissioned 15 October 1956, Stricken 15 September 1974

Fate: sold for scrapping 1 July 1975

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	34k	undated wartime image		Jerry Church

View the USS Hollis (DE-794/APD-86), DANFS history entry
located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located

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