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USS Wyffels (DE-6)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Q - C - M

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal

Class: Evarts      Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 (std), 1,430 tons (full)    Dimensions: 289' 5" (oa), 283' 6" (wl) x 35' 0" x 11' 0" (max)
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 9 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 1 Hedgehog Projector
Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 knots    Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots    Crew: 15 / 183

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Boston NSY on 17 October 1942, Launched 7 December 1942
Commissioned 21 April 1943, Decommissioned 25 September 1945
Stricken 28 March 1948

Fate: to China 28 August 1945, renamed ROCS Tai Kang (F-21)
Part of the Nationalist Navy, she carried Chiang Kai-shek
to Taiwan in July 1949. Stricken and scrapped in 1972.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
46k	Lawrence Edward Wyffels was born on 20 January 1915 in Marshall, Minn. and enlisted in the United States Navy on 17 March 1936. He served in *Enterprise* (CV-6); and was advanced to carpenter on 25 June 1942. He was killed in enemy action on 26 October 1942 when *Enterprise* suffered bomb damage during the Battle of Santa Cruz Island. Disregarding his own safety, Carpenter Wyffels courageously fought the blaze ignited by bombs and repeatedly entered burning compartments to rescue the wounded trapped inside. Carpenter Wyffels was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his intrepid devotion to duty. USS *Wyffels* (DE-6) was the first ship named in his honor.	Bill Gonyo
28k	1943	Richard W. Jefferis, Seaman 1c
60k	ROCS *Tai Kang* (F-21) underway, date / location unknown	Robert Hurst
72k	4 February 1954: *Tai Kang* (F-21) moored inboard of ROCS *Tai Ping* (ex-USS *Decker* DE-47).	Robert Hurst

View the USS Wyffels (DE-6), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

View a short article on the design and development of the Evarts Class DE submitted by Bob Sables.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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