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USS McDERMUT (DD-677)

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - GATE KEEPER

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. June 14 1943.
Launched October 17 1943 and commissioned November 19 1943.
Decommissioned January 15 1947, recommissioned December 29 1950.
Decommissioned December 16 1963.
Stricken April 1 1965.
Fate Sold January 4 1966 and broken up for scrap.
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McDermut 36kUndated, location unknown.-
McDermut 71kUndated, World War II image.Captain Jerry Mason USN
McDermut 45kThis and the following three images are taken from motion picture film of the McDermut coming alongside the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) for transfer of wounded during the Okinawa campaign.Bill Brinkley
McDermut 53kAs above.Bill Brinkley
McDermut 55kAs above.Bill Brinkley
McDermut 71kAs above.Bill Brinkley
McDermut 170kNavy Photo 129-46, forward plan views of (from left to right) are USS McDermut (DD 677), USS Howorth (DD 592) and USS Charrette (DD 581). Howorth was in overhaul at the yard from 28 Nov 1946 to 17 Jan 1946.Darryl Baker
McDermut 170kAs above.Darryl Baker
McDermut 145kNavy Photo 132-46, forward plan view of USS McDermut (DD 677) with USS Howorth (DD 592), the lower ship, alongside at Mare Island on 14 Jan 1946. McDermut was in overhaul at the yard from 6 Nov 1945 to 19 Jan 1946.Darryl Baker
McDermut 160kNavy Photo 133-46, forward plan view of USS McDermut (DD 677) with USS Howorth (DD 592), the lower ship, alongside at Mare Island on 14 Jan 1946.Darryl Baker
McDermut 42kUSS McDerrmut (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
McDermut 77kUSS Boyd (DD-544) and USS McDermut (DD-677) in San Diego June 1953.Don Garner
McDermut 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, April 1955.Ted Bojanowski
McDermut 197kAnother view of the above photo from the collection of SFCM James H Cary.Mike Cary
McDermut 37kShip's patchMike Smolinski
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