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DE- 397 USS WILHOITE

CLASS: Edsall TYPE: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,200 tons (std) 1,590 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 12' 3" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 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: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 8 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX on 4 August 1943, Launched 5 October 1943
Commissioned 16 December 1943, Decommissioned 19 June 1946
Reclassified and converted DER-397, 2 September 1954
Recommissioned 29 January 1955, Decommissioned 2 July 1969
Stricken 2 July 1969

Fate: Sold for scrapping 19 July 1972 to General Metals, Inc., Tacoma WA

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Wilhoite 84k Pearl Harbor, 12 February 1966 © Richard Leonhardt

USS WILHOITE DE- 397 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Next Reunion: Oct 18-21, 2001 in San Diego, Ca
Contact Name: Will Hays
Address: 5883 Adobe Falls Road / San Diego CA 92120
Phone: (619) 265-7377 or (800) 729-2900
E-mail: whays@home.com


Note About Contacts.

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