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DE- 206 / APD -60 USS LIDDLE

CLASS: Buckley TYPE: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 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: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 198

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Charleston NSY on 8 June 1943
Launched 9 August 1943, Commissioned 6 December 1943
Reclassified and converted to APD-60, 5 July 1944
Decommissioned 18 June 1946, Recommissioned 27 October 1950
Decommissioned 2 February 1959, Recommissioned 29 November 1961
Decommissioned 18 March 1967, Stricken 5 April 1967

Fate: sold 25 June 1967, scrapped by North American Smelting Co.

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Liddle 26k Christening 9 August 1943, Adm. Jules James, CO Charleston Navy Yard with Mrs. William Porter Liddle and Dora Frances Liddle Robert Hall
Liddle 41k Christening 9 August 1943, Adm. Jules James, CO Charleston Navy Yard with Mrs. William Porter Liddle, mother of Pharmacist Mate 3c Liddle Robert Hall
Liddle 50k Christening 9 August 1943, Jane Britton presenting flowers to Mrs. Liddle while Adm. James looks on Robert Hall

USS LIDDLE DE- 206 / APD -60 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Carmen Scavotto
Address: 3 Fair St. / Enfield CT 06082
Phone: (860) 749-4627
E-mail: none


Note About Contacts.

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Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
NavSource APD Pages, LIDDLE

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