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DE- 383 USS MILLS

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 Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX on 26 March 1943, Launched 26 May 1943
Commissioned 12 October 1943, Decommissioned 14 June 1946
Reclassified and converted to DER-383, 1 November 1956
Recommissioned 3 October 1957
Assigned as NRT ship, Washington Naval District at Baltimore MD, 3 September 1968
Decommissioned 27 October 1970, Stricken 1 August 1974
Fate:sold for scrapping 12 March 1975

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Mills 120kb Boston Naval Shipyard, August 1960. © Richard Leonhardt
Mills 52kb Italy, April 1967 © Richard Mc Namara
Mills 31kb in New York Harbor, with the statue of Liberty to the side, undated, late 60's USN / Bob Yellen

USS MILLS DE- 383 History
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(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Jack Merkle
Address: 12403 Madeley Lane / Bowie MD 20715
Phone: (301) 262-4288
E-mail:Jack Merkle


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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