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USS McNAIR (DD-679)

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - GRACEFUL

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 30 1943.
Launched November 14 1943 and commissioned December 30 1943.
Decommissioned May 28 1946, recommissioned July 6 1951.
Decommissioned December 30 1963.
Stricken December 1 1974.
Fate Sold June 10 1976 and broken up for scrap.
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McNair 109kDelivery December 29 1943 the day before her commissioning.David Buell
McNair 111kCirca early 1950's.Gordon M. Huddleston
McNair 93kCirca early 1950's.Gordon M. Huddleston
McNair 23kCirca 1951.Larry Laflamme, GM2c
McNair 19kCirca 1951.Larry Laflamme, GM2c
McNair 67kCirca 1954, location unknown.Robert Hurst
McNair 102kCirca 1956, location unknown.Marc Piché
USS McNAIR DD-679 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Arthur Underwood
Address: P.O. Box 451, Dysart, IA 52224
Phone: (319)476-4097
E-mail: None

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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