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DD-348 USS FARRAGUT

CLASS - FARRAGUT As Built.
Displacement 1365 Tons, Dimensions, 341' 3" (oa) x 34' 3" x 16' 4" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 0.5" MG, 8 x 21" tt.(4x2).
Machinery, 42,800 SHP; Curtis Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.5 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 12 Knots, Crew 160.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Quincy. September 20 1932.
Launched March 15 1934 and commissioned June 18 1934.
Decommissioned October 23 1945.
Stricken January 28 1947.
Fate Sold August 14 1947 and broken up for scrap.

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Farragut 59kAdmiral David G. Farragut circa 1863 from the Mathew Brady Collection.Bill Gonyo
Farragut 29kUndated, location unknown.-
Farragut 97kUndated, location unknown.-
Farragut 79kUndated, location unknown.Jon Burdett
Farragut 91kUndated, location unknown.Robert M. Cieri
Farragut 85kUSS Farragut in harbour, circa 1935. Note that her hull number was then painted low on the hull, just above the boot topping (USN Pic No 19-N-14653).Robert Hurst
Farragut 133kThe USS Balch (DD 363) appears to be coming alongside of another ship with USS Aylwin (DD 355), USS Monaghan (DD 354), USS Farragut (DD 348) and another unidentified destroyer in San Diego circa 1936.Darryl Baker
Farragut 118kDestroyer Squadron Twenty (DesRon 20), five of the squadron's ships moored together, circa 1936. The destroyers are (from left to right): USS Dewey (DD-349), USS Farragut (DD-348), USS Worden (DD-352), USS Hull (DD-350) and USS Aylwin (DD-355). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Farragut 123kUSS Farragut (DD-348) underway during manouvres staged for Movietone News, off San Diego, California, 14 September 1936. She is being overflown by five patrol planes. That at left is a PBY-1 of Patrol Squadron Eleven-F (VP-11F). The other four are P2Ys of Patrol Squadron Seven-F (VP-7F) USN Pic No NH 67309.Robert Hurst
Farragut 99kUSS Farragut leading a column of Destroyer Squadron Twenty ships, during manouevres staged for Movietone News, off San Diego, California, 14 September 1936. The next ship astern is USS Aylwin (DD-355) USN Pic No NH 67299.Robert Hurst
Farragut 126kUSS Farragut underwat at sea, 14 September 1936 (USN Photo No 80-G-463607). Robert Hurst
Farragut 93kUSS Farragut underway off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 29 September 1944. Her camouflage scheme is Measure 31, Design 3d (USN Photo No 19-N-72731).Robert Hurst
Farragut 104kUSS Farragut off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 29 September 1944. Her camouflage scheme is Measure 31 Design 7d (USN Pic No 19-N-72730).Robert Hurst
Farragut 115kPhoto #: 80-G-427093: USS Farragut (DD-348) steaming in harbor, 14 March 1938. Note the colored band and the red Engineering Excellence "E" painted on her after smokestack. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Scott Dyben
Farragut 170kPhoto #: 80-G-321652: USS Farragut (DD-348) at sea, December 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Scott Dyben
Farragut 140kUSS Farragut (DD-348) Underway at sea in August 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Fred Weiss

USS FARRAGUT DD-348 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Walter Nowell
Address: 2449 Mary Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63144
Phone: (314)962-4018
E-mail: None


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