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USS WILKINSON (DD-930 / DL-5)


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Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - GRAND RAPIDS

CLASS - MITSCHER As Built.
Displacement 4855 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 490' (oa) x 47' 6" x 14' 8" (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/54 RF (2x1), 4 x 3"/50 (2x2), 8 20mm (4x2) 2 Weapon Alfa ASW
Systems, 4 x 21" TT, 1 DC Track.
Machinery, 80,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.5 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 360.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel Quincy February 1 1950.
Launched April 23 1952.
Commissioned July 29 1954.
Decommissioned December 19 1969.
Stricken May 1 1974.
Fate Sold: June 13 1975 to Luria Brothers, Cleveland, OH and scrapped.
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Wilkinson 20kBorn in Annapolis, Maryland on December 22, 1888, Admiral Wilkinson graduated for the Naval Academy in 1909. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions leading a raiding party from the USS Florida during the Veracruz expedition. Commanded Battleship Division 2 early in WWII. Also served as deputy commander to Admiral Halsey's South Pacific Force, then commander of the Third Amphibious Force. He saw action in the Solomons, Leyte, and at Lingayen Gulf. At the time of the surrender, his amphibious force was transporting General Eichelberger's Eighth Army to Japan for occupation duty. Drowned in a car accident in Norfolk, Virginia on February, 21, 1946.Bill Gonyo
Wilkinson 123kAlongside USS Frontier (AD-25), Buckner Bay Okinawa. Undated.Gary Priolo
Wilkinson 167kUndated, location unknown.Tom Kerman
Wilkinson 54kPostcard Copyright © Universal Ship Cancellation Society. Undated, location unknown.Mike Smolinski
Wilkinson 103kUndated, location unknown.Gerd Matthes
Wilkinson 109kUndated, location unknown. Photos from "Jane's Fighting Ships 1959-60."Robert Hurst
Wilkinson 55kCirca 1955, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Wilkinson 56kCirca 1955, location unknown. Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships 1956-57".Robert Hurst
Wilkinson 81kJuly 15 1957, location unknown.Gerd Matthes
Wilkinson 34kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Wilkinson 51kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
USS WILKINSON DD-930 / DL-5
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Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

CDR Donald Granville Dockum    Aug 3 1954 - Jun 1955
CDR Daniel Jordan Carrison    Jun 1955 - Oct 1956
CDR Oliver Scott Dwire    Oct 1956 - Jul 1958
CDR Samuel T. Orme    Jul 1958 - Jul 30 1960
CDR Arthur Tenney Emerson Jr.    Jul 30 1960 - May 1962
CDR Robert Youman Jr.    May 1962 - Aug 1964
CDR William Francis Clifford Jr.    Aug 1964 - Apr 9 1966 (Later RADM)
CDR Robert Holmes Smith Jr.    Apr 9 1966 - Mar 1968
CDR Gordan Van Hook    Mar 1968 - Dec 19 1969
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Wallace R. Lueck
Address: 2309 2nd St No., Fargo, ND 58102-2006
Phone: (701) 280-7089
E-mail: fluke4@msn.com

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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Destroyer History Foundation
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