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DD-716 USS WILTSIE


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NHFS

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - HARDBALL

CLASS - GEARING As Built.
Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Newark NJ. March 13 1945.
Launched August 31 1945 and commissioned January 12 1946.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken January 30 1976.
To Pakistan April 29 1977, renamed Tariq.
Tariq became flagship of Pakistani Navy January 25 1990.
Renamed Nazim.
Fate Decommissioned by Pakistan 1998 and probably scrapped.
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Wiltsie 67kUndated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.Mike Smolinski
Wiltsie 102kNavy Photo 5945-4-50, broadside view of USS Wiltsie (DD 716) in San Francisco Bay on 18 April 1950. She was in overhaul at Mare Island form 7 Dec 1949 to 12 April 1950.Darryl Baker
Wiltsie 88kNavy Photo 5947-4-50, aft plan view of USS Wiltsie (DD 716) in San Francisco Bay on 18 April 1950.Darryl Baker
Wiltsie 82kNavy Photo 5948-4-50, forward plan view view of USS Wiltsie (DD 716) in San Francisco Bay on 18 April 1950.Darryl Baker
Wiltsie 60kOur Navy Magazine, 1 March 1957.Stanley Svec
Wiltsie 60kUSS Wiltsie (DD-716) and USS Morton (DD-948) alongside the USS Prairie (AD-15) November 1960 in San Diego.Robert Schultz ETC(SW) Ret
Wiltsie 205kThis photo was originally published in the November 1960 issue of CruDesPac News. The four ships were manning the rail to salute President Eisenhower as he passed by in his barge. The President is standing topside in the barge, midships. The other ships in the picture are USS Morton (DD 948), USS Hamner (DD718), and USS De Haven (DD727). We were moored in San Diego Bay.Al Creasy, ENS USS Morton
Wiltsie 89kSan Diego Ca., February 5 1966© Richard Leonhardt
Wiltsie 134kSeventh Fleet ships replenishing in the South China Sea, May 1969. Photographed by PH1 Long. Ships present are (from front to back): USS Wiltsie (DD-716), USS Tappahannock (AO-43), USS Oriskany (CVA-34), USS Mars (AFS-1), and USS Perkins (DD-877). Official U.S. Navy Photograph (# USN 1139357).Fabio Peña
Wiltsie 41kSan Francisco December 1973.Marc Piché
Wiltsie 64kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
USS WILTSIE DD-716 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Ron Mardis
Address: 3650 Parfore Court, Cincinnati, OH 45245
Phone: (513)752-1158
E-mail: USSWiltsie@fuse.net

Note About Contacts.

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Wiltsie website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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