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USS DASHIELL (DD-659)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NWRZ

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - KNEE HIGH

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. October 1 1942.
Launched February 6 1943 and commissioned March 20 1943.
Decommissioned March 30 1946, recommissioned May 3 1951.
Decommissioned April 29 1960.
Stricken December 1 1974.
Fate Sold September 21 1975 and broken up for scrap.
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Dashiell 117kUndated, location unknown.-
Dashiell 91kUndated, location unknown.-
Dashiell 133kUndated, location unknown.Ron Dashiell
Dashiell 90kMarkab (AD-21) with destroyers Dashiell (DD-659), Isherwood (DD-520), Power (DD-839) and William C. Lawe (DD-763) alongside at Yokosuka, Japan, date unknown.Mark Roberts, Destroyersonline.com
Dashiell 98kAlongside OBB November 1943. NARA 80G56275.John Chiquoine
Dashiell 93kLocation unknown, circa 1959.Marc Piché
Dashiell 34kShip's patchMike Smolinski
USS DASHIELL DD-659 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Jack and Chere Heasty
Address: P.O. Box 924, Falling Waters, WV 25419
Phone: 304-274-1801
E-mail: CHTROUBLE001@YAHOO.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
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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