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USS Donnell (DE 56)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Y - Z - X
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: Buckley      TYPE:TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full)   Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots   Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 15 / 198
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel Hingham, Hingham MA on 27 November 1942, Launched 13 March 1943
Commissioned 26 June 1943
Reclassified IX - 182, 10 July 1944
Decommissioned 23 October 1945, Stricken 16 November 1945
Fate: sold for scrapping 29 April 1946
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Donnell 24k 20 November 1943: Taken off the New York Naval Shipyard. (photo: National Archives #BS55732) Nick Tiberio
Donnell 38k 4 May 1944: USS Donnell being taken in tow after a U-boat attack. (contributed by shipmates of the USS Reeves (DE 156 / APD 52) Alison Strehlow
Donnell 16k 4 May 1944: Donnell being taken in tow after a U-boat attack. (contributed by shipmates of the USS Reeves) Alison Strehlow
Donnell 22k 4 May 1944: Donnell being taken in tow after a U-boat attack. (contributed by shipmates of the USS Reeves) Alison Strehlow
Donnell 24k 4 May 1944: Donnell being taken in tow after a U-boat attack. (contributed by shipmates of the USS Reeves) Alison Strehlow
Donnell 295k From the September 1945 "All Hands" magazine, the photo shows Donnell at Cherbourg being used as a power plant after her fantail was blown off by a German torpedo. The transformer on deck was captured from the Germans. Darryl L. Baker
Donnell 219k From the September 1945 "All Hands" magazine, the photo shows Donnell at Cherbourg being used as a power plant. Darryl L. Baker
View the USS Donnell (DE 56), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center website.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
None
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