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DE-1036 USS McMORRIS

CLASS - CLAUDE JONES As Built
Displacement, 1314 Tons Standard, 1916 Tons Full Load, Dimensions, 312' x 38' x 12' 11"
Armament, 2 x 3"/50 Mk 33, 2 Mk 11 Hedgehog ASROC ASW.
6-324mm US Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
Machinery, 4 Fairbanks-Morse 38ND8 Diesels; 9,240shp; 1 shaft
Speed, 22 Knots, Range, 7,000 NM @12kts., Crew 171 (12 officers)

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Avondale Marine, Avondale LA on 5 November 1958, Launched 26 May 1959
Commissioned 4 March 1960, Decommissioned 16 December 1974
Stricken 16 December 1974
Fate To Indonesia 16 December 1974, Renamed Ngurah Rai
Still in service as of 1999

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McMorris 52k taken from USS Ponchatoula (AO-148) in Tonkin Gulf during a 1966 - 1967 cruise Barry Litchfield
USS Ponchatoula 1966 - 1967
McMorris 60k September 1967 US Navy photo
McMorris 61k photo taken in Sydney Harbor 1973. Steve Crate (EM2)
McMorris 52k Ship's Patch as DE Mike Smolinski
McMorris 53k Ship's Patch as FF (although McMorris was never redesignated an FF) Mike Smolinski

USS MC MORRIS DE-1036 History
Not available at this time
DANFS History Archive
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Reunion: Hanalei Hotel, San Diego, CA. October 12th - 15th 2000.

Contact Name: Skip Reynolds
Address: 1020 Pross Road, Lansdale, PA. 19446
Phone:(215) 855-3916
E-mail:skipr@erols.com
Website:USS Mc Morris


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.


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