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USS ZANE (DD-337 / DMS-14 / AG-109)

CLASS - CLEMSON As Built.
Displacement 1,215 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 1 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 26,500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 114
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Mare Island Navy Yard January 15 1919.
Launched August 12 1919 and commissioned February 15 1921.
Decommissioned February 1 1923, Recommissioned February 25 1930.
Converted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-14 November 19 1940.
Reclassified AG-109 June 5 1945.
Decommissioned December 15 1945.
Stricken January 8 1946.
Fate Sold October 22 1946 and broken up for scrap.

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Zane 53kArtist's conception of the Zane as built by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.Navy Yard Associates
Zane 11kUndated from the collection of Cdr. August Billig.Bruce Billig
Zane 72kUndated, location unknown.Robert M. Cieri
Zane 142kPhoto #: NH 70576, USS Zane (DD-337) keel laying, at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 15 January 1919. Courtesy of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Zane 96kUSS Zane (DD-337) Sliding down the building ways at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, during her launching, 12 August 1919. Photograph from the William H. Topley Collection, Courtesy of Charles M. Loring, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Zane 116kPhoto #: NH 70624. USS Zane (DD-337) Ship's Sponsor, Miss Marjorie Zane (right), at Zane's christening ceremonies at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 12 August 1919. She was the daughter of Major Randolph Talcott Zane, USMC, for whom the ship was named. Also present are her mother, Mrs. R.T. (Barbara) Zane (left), who was the Matron of Honor, and an unidentified Navy Captain. Courtesy of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Bill Gonyo
Zane 80kUSS Zane (DD-337) Photographed circa the 1930s. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Zane 168kUSS Zane (DD-337) At sea, circa the 1930s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Zane 76kSan Diego, CA February 6 1934.Marc Piché
Zane 101kHMS Exeter (British Heavy Cruiser, 1931) -- by the check mark in Balboa Harbor, Panama Canal Zone, 24 April 1934. Several U.S. Navy ships are also present, among them (from the front) USS Melville (AD-2) with USS Zane and another destroyer alongside; USS Medusa (AR-1); USS Litchfield (DD-336) and another destroyer; and USS Truxtun (DD-229) and another destroyer. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Zane 16kKetchican, Alaska 1935Wayne Tudor
Zane 66kKetchican, Alaska 1935Jon Burdett
Zane 105kUSS Perry (DD 340) and USS Zane (DD 337) shown at Skagway, Alaska on June 25, 1935.Darryl Baker
Zane 103kUSS Trever (DD-339) (at left) follows USS Zane (DD-337) -- in the center -- and USS Borie (DD-215) as they make a high speed turn at Kelp Point, off Hecate Island, during their 1937 Alaska cruise. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Zane 89kUSS Henley (DD-391) operating at sea with USS Zane (DD-337), 2 May 1938. Note that Henley's Mark 33 gun director is not installed. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Zane 89kUSS Zane (DMS-14) Off San Francisco, California, 21 September 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.Fred Weiss

USS ZANE DD-337 / DMS-14 / AG-109 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Gatherings Plus
Address: P.O. Box 1023, Branson West, MO 65737
Phone: 417-338-4048
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.


Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource Minesweeper Pages, USS Zane (DMS-14)
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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