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DE- 170 USS BOOTH

CLASS - Cannon
Displacement 1,240 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' 7" x 11' 8" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 2x 40mmAA, 10x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's 2 DC racks.
Machinery, 6,000 BHP; 4 GM Model 16-278A Diesel Engines with eletric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark NJ on 30 January 1943
Launched 21 June 1943, Commissioned 19 September 1943
Stricken 15 July 1978
Fate: To Philippines 15 December 1967, renamed Datu Kalantiaw (PS-76),
Lost during Typhoon Clara 20 September 1981

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Booth 42k Truk Island
Navy Day, 27 October 1945
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Booth 87k 22 Sep. 1981, Cayalan Island, Philippines. An aerial view of the capsized Philippine destroyer escort Datu Kalantiaw PS-76 (originally the USS Booth DE-170) during the Military Airlift Command`s Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service (ARRS) rescue operations. Fred Weiss
Booth 63k Sept. 22, 1981, as above Fred Weiss

USS BOOTH DE- 170 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Harold Sherwood
Address: 1206 B Thornbury Lane / Manchester NJ 08759-6509
Phone: (732) 657-8015
E-mail: hdsherwood@aol.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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