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DE- 331 USS KOINER

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 26 July 1943, Launched 5 October 1943
Commissioned 27 December 1943, Decommissioned 4 October 1946
Loaned to USCG and Recommissioned WDE-431, 20 June 1951
Returned USN and Decommissioned 14 May 1954
Reclassified and converted DER-331, 28 October 1954
Recommissioned 26 August 1955, Decommissioned (?) 1968
Stricken 23 September 1968
Fate: Sold for scrapping 3 September 1969

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Koiner 89k 24 May 1945 US Navy photo
Koiner 73k 26 July 1944 US Navy photo /
Thomas F. Connors MoMM 1/C
Koiner 60k 24 May 1945 US Navy photo /
Thomas F. Connors MoMM 1/C
Koiner 31k As US Coast Guard WDE-431. USCG
Koiner 112k Late 1950's. US Navy photo /
Mike Sheen (Koiner 1959-1961)
Koiner 53k 3 June 1963 US Navy photo /
Thomas F. Connors MoMM 1/C

USS KOINER DE- 331 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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


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.


Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

Mike Sheen's USS Koiner Site

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