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DE- 418 USS TABBERER

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 Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX on 12 January 1944
Launched 18 February 1944, Commissioned 23 May 1944
Decommissioned 24 April 1946, Recommissioned 7 April 1951
Decommissioned (?) May 1960, Stricken 1 July 1972

Fate: sold for scrapping 3 October 1973 to Mr. David Hahn, Key West FL

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USS TABBERER DE- 417 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Andrew Pack
Address: PO Box 66 / Battiest OK 74722
Phone: (580) 241-7740
E-mail:Jennyk04@wmconnect.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.


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