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USS BOYD (DD-544)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NAWT

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - PASS BOOK

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 Pedro. April 2 1942.
Launched October 29 1942 and commissioned May 8 1943.
Decommissioned Janruary 15 1947, recommissioned November 24 1950.
Decommissioned October 1 1969.
Stricken October 1 1969.
To Turkey October 1 1969. Renamed Iskenderun.
Fate Stricken in 1981 and scrapped.

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Boyd 82kArtist's conception of the Boyd 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
Boyd 24kUndated, location unknown.John Seggerman
Boyd 35kUndated, World War II configuration.Jim Clouse
Boyd 111kThe USS Boyd while building on 11 January 1943. This BurShips progress photo shows that at this stage in her construction she was to have been configured with two twin 40mm gun mounts.Rick E. Davis
Boyd 73kInclining experiment Roosevelt Base, San Pedro, CA, May 4 1943.Pieter Bakels
Boyd 80kInclining experiment Roosevelt Base, San Pedro, CA, May 9 1943.Pieter Bakels
Boyd 74kInclining experiment Roosevelt Base, San Pedro, CA, May 9 1943.Pieter Bakels
Boyd 55kInclining experiment Roosevelt Base, San Pedro, CA, May 9 1943.Pieter Bakels
Boyd 101kUSS Boyd (DD-544) on 9 May 1943, the day after her commissioning while being inclined. The Boyd was completed to the three twin 40mm gun mount configuration. NARA Photo 19-LCM-DD 544 file.Rick E. Davis
Boyd 77kUSS Boyd (DD-544) on 22 May 1943 off San Pedro CA. NARA Photo 19-LCM-DD 544 file.Rick E. Davis
Boyd 97kNavy Photo 508-44, amidships looking forward plan view of the USS Williamson (DD 244) at Mare Island on 21 January 1944. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 7 Jan until 23 Jan 44. USS Boyd (DD 544) is berthed to the right.Darryl Baker
Boyd 99kNavy Photo 510-44, stern looking forward plan view of the USS Williamson (DD 244) at Mare Island on 21 January 1944. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 7 Jan until 23 Jan 44. USS Boyd (DD 544) is berthed to the right.Darryl Baker
Boyd 118kNavy Photo 1758-44, amidships looking aft plan view of USS Boyd (DD 544) at Mare Island on 15 March 1944. Boyd was in overhaul at the yarrd from 2 Jan until 18 Mar 1944.Darryl Baker
Boyd 111kNavy Photo 1760-44, forward plan view of USS Boyd (DD 544) at Mare Island on 15 March 1944. Boyd was in overhaul at the yarrd from 2 Jan until 18 Mar 1944. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 10d.Darryl Baker
Boyd 63kMare Island, March 15 1944.Pieter Bakels
Boyd 74kInclining experiment at Mare Island, March 1944.Pieter Bakels
Boyd 91kMarch 19 1944, location unknown.Pieter Bakels
Boyd 42kUSS McDerrmutt (DD-677), USS Yarnall (DD-541), USS Tingey (DD-539) and USS Boyd (DD-544) alongside the USS Piedmont (AD-17) in Sasebo 1952.Lloyd W. Haase
Boyd 77kUSS Boyd (DD-544) and USS McDermut (DD-677) in San Diego June 1953.Don Garner
Boyd 36kSasebo Harbor, Japan, 1954John Wolf
Boyd 55kUSS Delta (AR-9) with the USS McDermut (DD-677), USS Yarnall (DD-541), USS Tingey (DD-539), USS Boyd (DD-544) and USS Horace T. Bass (APD-124) in Sasebo, Japan, 1955.Ted Bojanowski
Boyd 197kAnother view of the above photo from the collection of SFCM James H Cary.Mike Cary
Boyd 96kUSS Boyd DD-544 refuling from USS Chemung AO-30. Official U.S. Navy Photo, dated 11 April 1962, photo # USN 1060497 by PH1 Bundy.David Buell
Boyd 158kCirca 1965-1968Jerry L. Stutzman
Boyd 41kShip's patchMike Smolinski
On Turkish Service
Boyd 35kAs Turkish ISKENDERUN D-343 departing Cagliari, Sardinia, 1976.Marc Piché

USS BOYD DD-544 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Jerry L. Stutzman
Address: 21344 Sylvan Ct., Bristol, IN 46507
Phone: (574)-848-7366
E-mail: StutzDD544@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 Boyd website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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