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DE - 256 USS SEID

CLASS:Evarts TYPE:GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull)
Displacement: 1,140 tons Dimensions: 289' 5" (oa) 283' 6" (wl) x 35' 0" x 10' 1" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50, 1-twin 40mm AA, 9 x 20 mm AA, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2 racks
Machinery: 6,000 shp; 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed: 19 knots Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots Crew:15/183

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Boston NSY on 10 January 1943, Launched 22 February 1943
Commissioned 11 June 1943, Decommissioned 7 December 1945
Stricken 8 January 1946
Fate: sold for scrapping 17 April 1947 to Pacific Bridge Co., San Francisco CA

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Seid 49k taken at Guam, undated © Sheldon E Elliott S 1/C
Seid 40k taken at Guam, undated, looking at her bridge "Score Card" © Sheldon E Elliott S 1/C
Seid 44k taken at Guam, undated, dry-dock. © Sheldon E Elliott S 1/C

USS SEID DE- 256 History
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(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Scott Craft
Address:3057 Highland Drive, Carlsbad, California 92008
Phone: none
E-mail:stcraft@earthlink.net


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