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DE- 187 USS STERN

CLASS: Cannon TYPE: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,240 tons (std) 1,620 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 11' 8" (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 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark NJ on 12 August 1943
Launched 31 October 1943, Commissioned 1 December 1943
Decommissioned 26 April 1946, Stricken 1 March 1951
Fate: To Netherlands 1 March 1951, renamed Van Zijll (F-811),
returned to the US 15 December 1967,
sold February 1968, scrapped

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Stern 84k off the coast of New York, en route to shakedown in Bermuda, 10 December 1943 USN / Thomas A. Staley, SOM2C
Stern 84k in the North Atlantic, 1944 USN / Thomas A. Staley, SOM2C
Stern 71k in the North Atlantic, 1944 USN / Thomas A. Staley, SOM2C
Stern 48k HMNS Dubois (F-809)(ex USS O'Neill, DE-188) and HMNS Van Zijll (F-811)(ex USS Stern, DE-187) in Yokosuka harbor 1954 © John Wolf L/S R/P 2

USS STERN DE- 187 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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