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DE - 157 USS FECHTELER
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 Norfolk NSY on 7 February 1943, Launched 22 April 1943
Commissioned 1 July 1943
Fate: Torpedoed and sunk by U-967 off Oran, Algeria, 5 May 1944
29 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty.
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Fechteler (DE-157) and Reeves (DE-156) at Norfolk Navy Yard. USN photo, date unknown (but obviously prior to commissioning). |
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1 July 1943, Commissioning cermony. |
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USS FECHTELER DE-157 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
None Located
Contact Name: none
Address: none
Phone: none
E-mail: none
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