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USS LA VALLETTE (DD-448)


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CLASS - FLETCHER As Built.
Displacement 2924 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 5"(oa) x 39' 7" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 1.1" AA, 4 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 38 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 15 Knots, Crew 273.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ. November 27 1941.
Launched June 21 1942 and commissioned August 12 1942.
Decommissioned April 16 1946.
Stricken February 1 1974.
Fate Sold July 26 1974 to Peru and cannibalized for spare parts and hulk scrapped.

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LaVallette 82kArtist's conception of the LaVallette as she appeared after original construction 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
LaVallette 38kUndated, location unknown.-
LaVallette 15kUndated, location unknown.Christopher Karwowski
LaVallette 63kOctober 8, 1942 photo of the Fletcher class ship as completed. She is as designed, except for 40mm twin mounts, in place of her original 1.1/75 machine cannons, with an additional mount added aft, and with 20mm replacing her original 0.50 caliber machine guns, she is as near the original design as any of the Fletchers ever were.-
LaVallette 114kForward plan view of the USS LaVallette (DD 448) at Mare Island on 19 July 1943. The USS Thatcher (DD 514) is forward of LaVallette.Darryl Baker
LaVallette 103kAft plan view of the USS LaVallette (DD 448) at Mare Island on 19 July 1943.Darryl Baker
LaVallette 110kStern view of the USS LaVallette (DD 448) departing Mare Island on 23 July 1943.Darryl Baker
LaVallette 94kBroadside view of the USS LaVallette (DD 448) off Mare Island after completion of overhual on 23 July 1943. She was in overhaul at the yard from 1 April to 29 July 1943. Darryl Baker
LaVallette 87kBow on view of the USS LaVallette (DD 448) departing Mare Island on 23 July 1943. Other ships in photo from the far left are USS Thatcher (DD 514), USS Caldwell (DD 605) (outboard of Thatcher), and in the distance is Delta King (YHB-6).Darryl Baker
LaVallette 76kUSS La Vallette, DD-448, off Mare Island, 1944. Naval Intitute Photo.Fred Weiss

USS LA VALLETTE DD-448 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: JACK WILKES
Address: 491 SAPP AVE. SW, PELHAM, GA 31779
Phone: (229) 294-8528
E-mail: jackw1@bellsouth.net


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 LaVallette website
DESRON 21 website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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