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DE- 333 USS STRICKLAND
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 23 August 1943, Launched 2 November 1943
Commissioned 10 January 1944, Decommissioned 15 June 1946
Reclassified and converted DER-333, 1 October 1951
Recommissioned 2 February 1952, Decommissioned 17 June 19(?).
Stricken 1 December 1972
Fate: Sold for scrapping 10 September 1974
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highline transfer, Summer 1957 |
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USS STRICKLAND DE- 333 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry (not presently available)
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Al Trey
Address: 1 Shadow Lane / Ormond Beach FL 32174
Phone: none
E-mail:Al Trey
Alternate Contact Name: Joel Weinstein
Address: none
Phone: none
E-mail:Joel Weinstein
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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