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DE- 133 USS PILLSBURY

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 18 July 1942, Launched 10 January 1943
Commissioned 7 June 1943, Decommissioned (Exact date unknown) 1947
Reclassified DER-133, August 1954
Recommissioned 15 March 1955, Decommissioned 20 June 1960
Stricken 1 July 1965
Fate: sold in 1966, scrapped

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Pillsbury 71k As DER-133, September of 1957. I believe that this was her last Med cruise. Wright & Logan Ltd /
CDR Jerry M. Van Cleave USN (ret.)
Pillsbury 35k unknown Maj. Matthew R. Williams
Pillsbury 17k U-546 captives Maj. Matthew R. Williams
Pillsbury 17k A boarding party from Pillsbury (DE-133) works to secure a tow line to the newly captured German U-505 on June 4, 1944. The capture was made by Guadalcanal (CVE-60) (Capt. Dan Gallery), while on patrol in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa. Pillsbury and Chatelain (DE-149) assisted. It was the only submarine captured by the U.S. Navy in World War II.
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Fred Weiss

USS PILLSBURY DE- 133 History
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None Located
Contact Name: none
Address: none
Phone: none
E-mail: none


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