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DE- 142 USS FESSENDEN

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 4 January 1943, Launched 9 March 1943
Commissioned 25 August 1943, Decommissioned 24 June 1946
Reclassified DER-142, 1 October 1951
Recommissioned 4 March 1952, Decommissioned 30 June 1960
Stricken 1 September 1966
Fate: sunk as target off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 20 December 1967

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Fessenden 23k undated LT.(jg) John Aldrich
55-57
Fessenden 122k Scanned from a September 1956 issue of " All Hands" magazine. John Volpe
55-57

USS FESSENDEN DE- 142 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
USS Fessenden DE/DER 142 Association

Contact Name: Ken Fessenden
Address: 3325 Dartmouth Drive / Irving TX 75062
Phone: (972) 225-1583
E-mail: kbfess@msn.com


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