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DE- 534 USS SILVERSTEIN

Class: John C. Butler Type:WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38, 4 (2x2) 40mmAA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 6000 nm@12 knots Crew: 14 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Boston Navy Yard on 8 October 1943
Launched 8 November 1943, Commissioned 14 July 1944
Decommissioned 15 January 1947, Recommissioned 28 February 1951
Decommissioned 30 January 1959, Stricken 1 December 1972

Fate: sold for scrapping 3 December 1973

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Silverstein 116kb undated USN / Alfred F. McDonald
GM2c 51-52
Silverstein 59kb undated USN / Ronald W. (Fett) West
Silverstein 167kb Photo was taken when Silverstein was part of a flotilla of ships involved in a series of 17 tests of A-bomb and H-bomb devices, under the code name of "Redwing." John W. Smith / EM3
USN 1954 - 1957

USS SILVERSTEIN DE- 534 History
Not available at this time.DANFS History
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Next Reunion: To Be Announced.
Contact Name: Bob Fowler
Address: 1218 Daly Road / Ojai CA 93023-1946
Phone: (805) 646-8844
E-mail:bobfowler8@aol.com


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.


Additional Resources
DE-534 USS Silverstein (History Submitted By Contributor's)
DE-534 USS Silverstein Crew Photos
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

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