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DE- 223 USS SPANGENBERG

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 Philadelphia NSY on 5 April 1943, Launched 3 July 3 1943
Commissioned 15 March 1944, Decommissioned 18 October 1947
Stricken 1 November 1965
Fate: sold for scrapping 3 October 1966

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Spangenberg 41kb circa 1945 just after war's end USN / Bernard Joseph O'Neill

USS SPANGENBERG DE- 223 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information


Contact Name: Carol Spangenberg Wolford
Address: none
Phone: none
E-mail: lwolford@ptd.net


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