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DE 589 USS TINSMAN

CLASS: Rudderow TYPE: TEV (turbo-electric drive, long hull, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,450 tons (std) 1,810 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 11.5" x 13' 9" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38 Mk30, 4 (2x2) 40mm Mk1 AA, 10 x 20mm/70 Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (230 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors (40), 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks (60)
Machinery: 2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 5,050 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 12 / 192

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Hingham, Hingham MA on 8 December 1943
Launched 22 January 1944, Commissioned 2 May 1944
Decommissioned 24 June 1946, Stricken 1 November 1969
Fate: Sold for scrapping October 1970

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USS TINSMAN DE- 589 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry (not presently available)
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Next Reunion: To Be Announced.
Contact Name: Joe Fox
Address: 147 Summer St. / Clarks Summit PA 18411
Phone: (570) 587-4080
E-mail: None

Contact Name: Mike Langone
Address: 17 Curtis St. / Reading MA 01867
Phone: (781) 944-5877
E-mail: Mike Langone


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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