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DD-341 USS DECATUR

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 September 15 1920.
Launched October 29 1921 and commissioned August 9 1922.
Decommissioned July 28 1945.
Stricken August 13 1945.
Fate Sold November 30 1945 and broken up for scrap.

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Decatur 56kPhoto #: KN-2779. Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN (1779-1820) oil on wood, 35" x 27", by John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840). Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Transferred from the U.S. Naval Lyceum, 1892. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.Tony Cowart
Decatur 52kArtist's conception of the Decatur 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
Decatur 130kUndated, refueling from the US Antietam (CV-36) during Antietam's shakedown cruise.location unknown.Daniel Dunham
Decatur 151kUndated, refueling from the US Antietam (CV-36) during Antietam's shakedown cruise.location unknown.Daniel Dunham
Decatur 150kUndated, refueling from the US Antietam (CV-36) during Antietam's shakedown cruise.location unknown.Daniel Dunham
Decatur 77kUndated, location unknown.Paul Rebold
Decatur 41kUndated, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Paul Rebold
Decatur 141kUndated, location unknown. Naval Historical Center photo 54649.Paul Rebold
Decatur 126kUSS Perry (DD 340) and USS Decatur (DD 341) ready to be launched at Mare Island on October 29, 1921.Darryl Baker
Decatur 104kUSS Decatur (DD-341) underway during the Fleet Review, 4 June 1927. USS Paul Hamilton (DD-307) is partially visible in the left distance. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Decatur 120kUSS Decatur (DD-341) Underway during the 1920s or 1930s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Decatur 101kUSS Decatur (DD-341) In the Panama Canal, during the 1920s or 1930s. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Harriet A. Harris, USN(NC)-Retired. Donated by Mrs. J.B. Redfield, 1961. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Decatur 59kFrom the collection of CDR August Billig, USS Decatur (DD-341), USS Somers (DD-301), USS John Francis Burnes (DD-299), USS Farragut (DD-300), USS Percival (DD-298), USS Wiliam Jones (DD-308) and USS Zeilin (DD-313) circa the early 1930's.Bruce Billig
Decatur 80kFrom the collection of CDR August Billig, USS Moody (DD-277), USS Decatur (DD-341) and USS McCawley in the Panama Canal circa the early 1930's.Bruce Billig
Decatur 110kUSS Yorktown (CV 5), USS Texas (BB 35), USS Decater (DD 341), USS Jacob Jones (DD 130), and unidentified tug at Pier 7, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, on 19 October 1937. Photograph from Department of the Navy collections in the U.S. National Archives.Joe Radigan
Decatur 71kPhoto #: NH 67695, USS Decatur (DD-341) off Poughkeepsie, New York, 17 June 1939. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Decatur 89kUSS Decatur (DD-341) Off the New York Navy Yard, 7 August 1943. Courtesy of A.D. Baker III. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.Fred Weiss
Decatur 90kUSS Decatur (DD-341) Off the New York Navy Yard, 7 August 1943. Courtesy of A.D. Baker III. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.Fred Weiss
Decatur 44kCirca 1944, location unknown.-
Decatur 81kPhoto #: NH 91579, USS Decatur (DD-341) underway at sea, 22 January 1944. Courtesy of A.D. Baker III. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.Paul Rebold
Decatur 154kUSS Decatur (DD 341) coming alongside and refueling from USS Bennington (CV 20) in October-November 1944. They were taken by Lowell Love, a photographer aboard Bennington.Steve Whitby
Decatur 166kAs above.Steve Whitby

USS DECATUR DD-341 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Vince Spade
Address: 16 South Madison St., Boyertown, Pa. 19512-2207
Phone: 610-966-8336
E-mail: spadevin@eastpenn.k12.pa.us


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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