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USS Greiner (DE 37)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Y - H - P

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/3stars - 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 Puget Sound NSY on 7 September 1942, Launched 20 May 1943
Commissioned 18 August 1943, Decommissioned 19 November 1945
Stricken 5 December 1945

Fate: Sold 10 February 1947 to J.G. Berkwit & Co.

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Greiner 82k DE's 37 & 38 (Greiner & Wyman) were laid down the same day during a Labor Day
celebration at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1942. (Source is Seattle NARA RG-181)
Tracy White
Greiner 131k August 1943 - Inclining tests being conducted at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton WA John Klar
Greiner 105k 2 September 1943 - Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton WA John Klar

View the USS Greiner (DE 37), 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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