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DD-371 USS CONYNGHAM

CLASS - MAHAN As Built.
Displacement 2103 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 341' 4" (oa) x 35' 5" x 12' 4" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 0.5" MG, 12 x 21" tt.(3x4).
Machinery, 49,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.5 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 12 Knots, Crew 158.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Boston Navy Yard September 19 1934.
Launched September 14 1935 and commissioned November 4 1936.
Conyngham survived the Atomic Bomb test at Bikini Atoll.
Decommissioned October 20 1946.
Stricken June 13 1948.
Fate Sunk as target off California July 2 1948.

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Conyngham 73kPhoto #: NH 84902-KN. Captain Gustavus Conyngham, Continental Navy painting by V. Zveg, 1976, based on a miniature by Louis Marie Sicardi. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Conyngham 54kUndated, location unknown.-
Conyngham 65kUndated, location unknown..-
Conyngham 93kUndated, location unknown..Robert M. Cieri
Conyngham 146kUSN photo, Boston Navy Yard, 9 September 1937.Joe Radigan
Conyngham 118kUSS Conyngham (DD-371) Maneuvering at sea with USS Reid (DD-369) and USS Clark (DD-361), during the later 1930s. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Fred Weiss
Conyngham 145kUSS Conyngham (DD-371) transferring mail to another destroyer, during operations at sea in 1941. Conyngham appears to be painted in camouflage Measure 1. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Conyngham 92kSydney, Australia Match 1941.Marc Piché
Conyngham 163kUSS Conyngham (DD-371) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 22 January 1942. Note that she still has her number three 5"/38 gun. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.Fred Weiss
Conyngham 23kMare Island on 10 July 1942.Robert Hurst
Conyngham 65kFebruary 1943, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Conyngham 65kUSS Conyngham (DD-371) at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 15 February 1943. Destroyer in the right background appears to be USS Strong (DD-467). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Fred Weiss
Conyngham 106kNavy Photo 2978-44, bow on view of USS Conyngham (DD 371) in the Mare Island channel on 19 May 1944. She was in overhaul at Mare Island from 18 March until 24 May 1944. Motor Tug #10, later YMT-10, is to the left of Conyngham. The tug was constructed at Mare Island in 1919. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 23d.Darryl Baker
Conyngham 96kNavy Photo 2982-44, broadside view of USS Conyngham (DD 371) off Mare Island on 19 May 1944. She was in overhaul at Mare Island from 18 March until 24 May 1944.Darryl Baker
Conyngham 99kNavy Photo 2983-44, stern view of USS Conyngham (DD 371) in the Mare Island channel on 19 May 1944. She was in overhaul at Mare Island from 18 March until 24 May 1944.Darryl Baker
Conyngham 165kUSS Conyngham (DD-371) At Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 24 March 1946. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.Fred Weiss

USS CONYNGHAM DD-371 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Dave Suckow
Address: 1871 Silver Bell Rd #103, Eagan MN 55122-1187
Phone: (615)681-1927
E-mail: dsuckow@comcast.net
Next Reunion: June 4-8 2008 at the Lincolnshire Marriott in Lincolnshire, IL
Reunion Contact: Len Gordon; PO Box 106; Milltown NJ 08850; (732)432-0588 DDGgusboat@aol.com

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Naval Historical Center Pearl Harbor Action Report
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