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DD-469 USS DeHAVEN

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 Bath Iron Works, Bath Me. September 27 1941.
Launched June 28 1942 and commissioned September 21 1942.
Fate Sunk by Japanese Aircraft off Guadalcanal February 1 1943.
167 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty.
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DeHaven 82kArtist's conception of the DeHaven 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
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DeHaven 65kInclining experiment at Bath Iron Works, August 27 1942.Pieter Bakels
DeHaven 72kPhoto shows the United States Destroyer, De Haven, which was sunk February 1 1943 during a Japanese air attack off Savo Island in the South Pacific. U.S. Navy photo via OWI Radiophoto from ACME. Photo from the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History.Bill Gonyo
USS DeHAVEN DD-469 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Jim Riggen
Address: 2531 N. Kingsdale Rd., Joplin, MO 64804-1340
Phone: 417-624-5718
E-mail: jriggen55@gmail.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 DeHaven website
USS DeHaven website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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