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DE- 322 USS NEWELL

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 5 April 1943,Launched 29 June 1943
Commissioned 30 October 1943, Decommissioned 20 November 1945
Loaned to USCG and Recommissioned WDE-422, 20 July 1951
Returned USN and Decommissioned 1 June 1954, reclassified and converted DER-322, 1 November 1956
Recommissioned 20 August 1957, Decommissioned 21 September 1968
Stricken 23 September 1968
Fate: sold for scrapping 15 December 1971
Can be seen in the movie Tora, Tora, Tora

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Newell 195k 29 June 1943
Mrs. Eleanor Newell, widow of Lcdr Byron Newell, christens the USS Newell
Maj. John W. Newell (USAR)
grandson of ship's namesake
Newell 249k 29 June 1943
launching of the USS Newell
Maj. John W. Newell (USAR)
grandson of ship's namesake
Newell 8k undated wartime image Maj. John W. Newell (USAR)
grandson of ship's namesake
Newell 18k undated, as WDE- 422, in service with USGC Maj. John W. Newell (USAR)
grandson of ship's namesake
Newell 22k undated, as DER- 322. Maj. John W. Newell (USAR)
grandson of ship's namesake
Newell 10k undated, as DER- 322. Maj. John W. Newell (USAR)
grandson of ship's namesake
Newell 18k undated, as DER- 322. Maj. John W. Newell (USAR)
grandson of ship's namesake
Newell 126k undated, as DER- 322. USN
Newell 16k c.1967 Market Time Ops, off coast of South Vietnam Newell about to start an UNREP -
Newell 196k - -
Newell 60k PCF-60 returning to NEWELL for refueling and change of crews on the DER mothership -
Newell 60k a PCF patrol craft fast alongside the NEWELL. Swift boats used DER's as remote bases, rotating crews, keeping the patrol craft on station for long periods at great distances from its parent base -
Newell 11k Fall of 1967, during Market Time Patrols near Qui Nhon, RVN. About to receive swift boat alongside to change crews. Pete Rabey
Newell 11k Fall of 1967, during Market Time Patrols near Qui Nhon, RVN. About to receive swift boat alongside to change crews Pete Rabey
Newell 7k Fall of 1967, during Market Time Patrols near Qui Nhon, RVN. Rigged with bumpers, fenders, and tires to bring alongside patrol craft, and to receive and search suspect wooden and steel-hulled vessels Larry Lawniczak
Newell 7k Fall of 1967, during Market Time Patrols near Qui Nhon, RVN. Junk along side to be inspected Larry Lawniczak
Newell 7k Fall of 1967, searching a junk Larry Lawniczak
Newell 7k Fall of 1967, searching a small craft Larry Lawniczak
Newell 18k undated Vietnam era photo Paul M. Lafave

USS NEWELL DE- 322 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Larry Lawniczak
Address: 939 Monroe St. Oshkosh, WI. 54901
Phone: (920) 231-4755
E-mail: lplpjl@execpc.com


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