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USS Tisdale (DE 33)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - P - F - N

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 - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/4 stars- 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 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 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 Mare Island NSY on 23 January 1943
Launched 28 June 1943, Commissioned 11 October 1943
Decommissioned 12 October 1945, Stricken 28 November 1945

Fate: sold for scrapping 2 February 1948 to the A.G. Schoonmaker Co. Inc., of N.Y., N.Y.

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Tisdale 92k 28 June 1943: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, San Francisco CA - Mrs. Ryland (Elizabeth) D. Tisdale, Jr. (Sponsor) and Mrs. Park (Matron of Honor) are shown before the USS Tisdale (DE 33) prior to her launching. (US Navy Photo #DE 33 4667-43) Darryl Baker
Tisdale 99k 28 June 1943: Mrs. Elizabeth D. Tisdale, Jr. christens Tisdale at Mare Island Navy Yard. Left to right: Mrs. Park (Matron of Honor, Radm W. L. Friedell (Shipyard Commandant), Mrs. Elizabeth D. Tisdale, Jr. (Sponsor) and Capt. F. G. Crisp. (US Navy Photo #DE 33 4664-43) Darryl Baker
Tisdale 110k 28 June 1943: Tisdale is at the end of the ways during her launching at Mare Island Navy Yard. (US Navy Photo #DE 33 4662-43) Darryl Baker
Tisdale 49k probably taken upon her return to the U.S. about August 1945 as she appears to be flying a long "homeward bound" pennant. (Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974, U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph) Fred Weiss

View the USS Tisdale (DE 33), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center website.

View a short article on the design and development of the Evarts Class DE submitted by Bob Sables.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information

5 - 7 September 2003 at the Double Tree Hotel, Westminster CO
Contact Name: Merton P. Loomis, GM/3C
Address: 2024 Wacker Road / Savanna IL 61074
Phone: (815) 273-3638
E-mail: mertnbert@internetni.com

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