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DE- 246 USS SNOWDEN

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 7 December 1942
Launched 19 February 1943, Commissioned 23 August 1943
Decommissioned (?) March 1946, Recommissioned 6 June 1951
Assigned to NRT, 4th Naval District at Philadelphia PA February 1960
Decommissioned August 1960, placed "in service" as a Group II unit of the Select Reserve ASW Force
Recommissioned 2 October 1961 for the Berlin Crisis, Decommissioned and placed "in service" 1 August 1962
"Out of Service" 23 September 1968, Stricken 23 September 1968

Fate: sunk as target off Newport RI, 27 June 1969

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: James E. McKelva ('61 - '62)
E-mail: James McKelva


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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