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USS OWEN (DD-536)


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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 Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco. September 17 1942.
Launched March 21 1943 and commissioned September 20 1943.
Decommissioned December 10 1946, recommissioned August 17 1951.
Decommissioned May 27 1958.
Stricken April 15 1973.
Fate Sold November 27 1973 and broken up for scrap.
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Owen 82kArtist's conception of the Owen 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
Owen 27kUndated postcard, location unknown.Bill Owen
Owen 95kNavy Photo 6174-45, stern view of USS Owen (DD 536) off Mare Island on 24 Aug 1945. She was in overhaul at Mare Island from 9 July to 1 Sep 1945.Darryl Baker
Owen 137kNavy Photo 6281-45, amidships looking aft plan view of USS Owen (DD 536) with USS Miller (DD 535) to the right and USS Ellet (DD 398) to the left at Mare Island on 29 Aug 1945.Darryl Baker
Owen 183kNavy Photo 6281-45, forward plan view of USS Owen (DD 536) with USS Miller (DD 535) above and USS Ellet (DD 398) below at Mare Island on 29 Aug 1945.Darryl Baker
Owen 59kUSS Owen (DD-536), USS Cowell (DD-547), USS Twining (DD540) and USS Pritchett (DD-561) in Yokosuka, Fall 1959.Derick Hartshorn
Owen 62kThe USS Owen (DD-536) along with an unidentified destroyer (at extreme right), destroyer escorts and LSTs moored together in the muddy waters of the Napa River at Mare Island in May 1972. Other identifiable ships are USS French (DE-367) and USS Sedgwick County (LST-1123). Courtesy L.Cote. Photo from Warship Boneyards, by Kit and Carolyn Bonner.Robert Hurst
USS OWEN DD-536 History
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