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Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

DE- 145 USS HUSE

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 Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 11 January 1943, Launched 23 March 1943
Commissioned 30 August 1943, Decommissioned 27 March 1946
Recommissioned 3 August 1951, Decommissioned (?) June 1965
Stricken 1 August 1973

Fate: sold for scrapping 11 June 1974

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Huse 119kb Huse operating with escort carrier in the Atlantic, 12 December 1944
Photo #80-G-350736
Fred Weiss
Huse 73k Highline transfer from the Brough (DE-148) to Huse (DE-145). Circa mid-50s. Location unknown. William T. Bullard
Huse 83kb Huse in harbor, 1950’s
(Photo #NHC 82337-KN)
Fred Weiss
Huse 35k Photo taken at Key West Naval Annex in March 1962. © Fred Weiss

View the Huse (DE-145)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: David Perlstein, Treasurer, USS Huse (DE-145) Association
Address: 7814 La Mirada Drive / Boca Raton FL 33433
Phone: (561) 368-7167
E-mail: David Perlstein


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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