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DE- 324 USS FALGOUT

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 24 May 1943, Launched 24 July 1943
Commissioned 15 November 1943, Decommissioned 18 April 1947
Loaned to USCG and Recommissioned WDE-424, 24 August 1951
Returned USN and Decommissioned 21 May 1954
Reclassified and converted DER-324, 28 October 1954
Recommissioned 30 June 1955, Decommissioned (?).
Stricken 1 June 1975
Fate: Sunk as target off California on 12 January 1977

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FALGOUT 73k moored next to Fred T. Berry (DD-858). © Richard Leonhardt.
FALGOUT 72k Off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 30 August 1963. USN
FALGOUT 66k Off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 30 August 1963. USN
FALGOUT 73k Off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 30 August 1963. USN
FALGOUT 79k Off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 30 August 1963. USN
FALGOUT 161k Off San Diego, about 1956. Bill Allen. © Morper Pictures.
FALGOUT 160k Off San Diego, about 1956. Bill Allen. © Morper Pictures.
FALGOUT 81k Docking in Tacoma, Washington. Circa 1952 Bill Allen. © Jim Hopper SK2 USCG.
FALGOUT 109k Dress Ship at pier 90, Seattle, Washington. Circa 1952 Bill Allen. © Jim Hopper SK2 USCG.

USS FALGOUT DE- 324 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: None
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail: None


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