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DD-734 USS PURDY


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NTIU

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - SHARK FIN

CLASS - ALLEN M. SUMNER As Built.
Displacement 3218 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 2" (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, 36.5 Knots, Range 3300 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath ME December 22 1943.
Launched May 7 1944 and commissioned July 18 1944.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken July 1 1973.
Fate Sold June 11 1974 and broken up for scrap.

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Purdy 60kUndated, pre removal of the 40mm mounts..Daniel Zavisza
Purdy 45kUSS Purdy (DD-734) underway circa 1952, location un known.Robert Hurst
Purdy 47kFramed by a sister ship's 40mm guns, while en route to the U.S. from Korean War duty with Destroyer Division 122, circa February-March 1952. Photo was received by the Naval Photographic Center in March 1952. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Fred Weiss
Purdy 129kPhoto #: 80-G-440450: USS Purdy (DD-734) en route to the the United States with Destroyer Division 122, following Korean War combat duty, circa 27 February - 21 March 1952. This voyage was made eastbound, via the Suez Canal to the U.S. East Coast. Photo was received by the Naval Photographic Center in March 1952. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Scott Dyben
Purdy 110kPurdy and USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39) refueing at sea from USS Neosho (AO-143), in the Mediterranean, 20 October 1955. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives.Fred Weiss
Purdy 151kPost 1959 overhaul, location unknown.Dave Belanger
Purdy 67kUSS Purdy photo taken from USS Hyman (DD-732) in 1961. Photo taken by Navy photographer somewhere in the Atlantic.F. J. Blanchard
Purdy 54kBoston Harbor, July 1964© Richard Leonhardt
Purdy 82kDestroyer Squadron 30 in Montreal July 1965.Marc Piché
Purdy 28kUSS BARTON (DD-722), USS HANK (DD-702) and USS PURDY (DD-734) in Cleveland, Ohio August 1965.Mike Smolinski
Purdy 43kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Purdy 87kShip's plaque.Morris Plummer

USS PURDY DD-734 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Larry DiPasquale
Address: 3744 Surrey Drive, Allentown, PA 18103-5329
Phone: (610)433-4787
E-mail: None
Next reunion: May 2-5, 2002 at Norfolk, VA

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
USS Purdy website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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