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DE- 239 USS STURTEVANT

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 15 July 1942
Launched 3 December 1942, Commissioned 16 June 1943
Decommissioned 24 March 1946, Recommissioned 3 August 1951
Reclassified DER-239, 1 November 1956
Decommissioned June 1960, Stricken 1 December 1972

Fate: Sold for scrapping 20 September 1973 to the
National Metal & Steel Co., Terminal Island CA

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Sturtevant 79k undated wartime image USN / DESA archives
Sturtevant 87k undated post war image USN / Richard O. Armstrong

USS STURTEVANT DE- 239 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

51-72 Crew Members, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, September 26-28, 2002
Contact Name: Robert E Lee Jr
Address: 3203 Lakewood Ave. / Columbia SC 29201-1433
Phone:(803) 256-9485
E-mail: Robert Lee


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