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DD-158 USS LEARY

CLASS - WICKES (TATTNALL)
Built to Bath plans, built by New York SB., these Wickes versions were
slightly heavier but had a much poorer cruising radius.
Displacement 1,211 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 2 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 24,900 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines with Geared Cruising Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 101.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by New York Shipbuilding on March 6 1918.
Launched December 18 1918 and commissioned December 5 1919.
Decommissioned June 29 1922. Recommissioned May 1 1930.
Fate Leary was torpedoed and sunk by U-275 North of the Azores December 24 1943,

97 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
No Photo Available	-	Clarence Frederick Leary was born in Fowey, England on 11 January 1894. He came to the United States with his family as a boy. After the United States entered World War I he was commissioned lieutenant in the Naval Reserve on 12 June 1918.He was appointed executive officer in USS Carlton Hall. He died of burns and smoke inhalation when he entered the ship’s burning hold on 20 July, in an attempt to save both ship and crew. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his self-sacrificing valor.	Robert M. Cieri
	60k	Undated, pre war image.	-
	60k	Undated, location unknown. In memory of Dawn's grandfather, S1c John L. Rosman, who was lost in the torpedo attack by the U-275.	Dawn Koosmann
	98k	New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ. Closest ship is USS Dickerson (DD 157). Next is USS Leary (DD 158), USS Schenck (DD 159), USS Herbert (DD 160), USS Brooks (DD 232), and USS Hatfield (DD 231). The last ship is USS DeLong (DD 129).	Joe Radigan
	123k	Circa 1942.	Tont Cowart
	123k	Seen here in 1943 in her final appearance. She was sunk by a German submarine on December 24 1943.	-
	112k	A sketch of the Leary by crewmember Gordon Faulkner who was lost in the torpedo attack. It was done about December 1943 and is from the collection of his sister Nancy Ponn.	Dawn Koosmann

USS LEARY DD-158 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: John Morrison
Address: 1313 Macbeth St., McLean Va.,22102
Phone: (703) 356-6173
E-mail: None

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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