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USS ROWAN (DD-405)

CLASS - BENHAM As Built.
Displacement 2250 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 340' 9" (oa) x 35' 6" x 12' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 0.5" MG 16 x 21" tt.(4x4).
Machinery, 50,000 SHP; Westinghouse Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 38.5 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 12 Knots, Crew 184.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Norfolk Navy Yard June 25 1937.
Launched May 5 1938 and commissioned September 23 1939.
Fate Sunk by German Motor Torpedo Boats Off Salerno Italy September 11 1943
202 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty.

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Rowan 51kPhoto #: NH 46119, Rear Admiral Stephen C. Rowan, USN photographed circa 1869. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Rowan 121kPhoto #: 19-N-23833, USS Rowan (DD-405) Ship's Historical Data Plate, photographed at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, on 24 November 1939. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.Tony Cowart
Rowan 22kUndated, location unknown.-
Rowan 54kUndated, taken while passing orders to US Naval transports off Fedala, North Africa..Robert Hurst
Rowan 141kUndated prewar image, location unknown.Marc Piché
Rowan 78kPhoto #: NH 103502, USS Rowan (DD-405) underway at sea, circa 1939-1940. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Rowan 221kAugust 1942, location unknown. From the collections of Ingersol-Rand.Ron Titus
Rowan 79kPhoto #: NH 103504, USS Rowan (DD-405) receiving provisions via "high-line" from USS Augusta (CA-31) while operating at sea, 4 December 1942. Collection of Vice Admiral Robert C. Giffen, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart

USS ROWAN DD-405 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The hazegray Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Loren R. Melton FTCM USN (Ret)
Address: 1491 Park Ave., Port Hueneme, CA 93041-2400
Phone: (805) 483 0566, FAX (805) 240-4675
E-mail: iceburg72@msn.com


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
USS Rowan website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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