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USS AULICK (DD-569)

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 Consolidated Steel, Orange Tx. May 14 1941.
Launched March 2 1942 and commissioned October 27 1942.
Decommissioned April 18 1946.
Stricken September 1 1975.
To Greece August 21 1959, renamed Sfendoni.
Stricken in 1991.
Fate Scrapped in 1997 at Aliaga, Turkey
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Aulick 129kNavy Photo 975-45, church services at Mare Island Chapel for the falling crew members of the USS Aulick (DD 569) held on 9 Feb 1945.Darryl Baker
Aulick 89kNavy Photo 1406-45, bow on view of the USS Aulick (DD 569) departing Mare Island on 24 Feb 145. YTL-95 is aft on the left.Darryl Baker
Aulick 107kNavy Photo 1408-45, broadside view of the USS Aulick (DD 569) off Mare Island on 24 Feb 145. She was in overhaul at the yard from 24 Dec 1944 until 28 Feb 1945.Darryl Baker
Aulick 100kNavy Photo 1410-45, stern view of the USS Aulick (DD 569) off Mare Island on 24 Feb 1945Darryl Baker
Aulick 68k24 Feb 1945 off Mare Island, NARA Photo# 80-G-450224.Tom Kermen
On Greek Service
Aulick 108kOn Greek service as the HNS SFENDONI, D-85, which in Greek translates to "Slingshot", in heavy seas, outside Souda Naval Base, island of Crete, Greece.Anthony J. Vrailas
Aulick 113kAs above.Anthony J. Vrailas
Aulick 110kAs above.Anthony J. Vrailas
Aulick 110kIn Souda Bay, Crete summer 1995. From L to R : USS Corry (DD-817), USS Aulick (DD-569), USS Arnold J. Isbell (DD-869) and USS Ingraham (DD-694) waiting to be scrapped.Anthony J. Vrailas
USS AULICK DD-569 History
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