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DE- 399 USS STOCKDALE

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 31 August 1943, Launched 30 October 1943
Commissioned 31 December 1943, Decommissioned 18 April 1947
Stricken 1 July 1972
Fate: Sunk as target off Florida, 24 May 1974

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Stockdale 66k Submitted in memory of my father, Paul E. Rutherford (died 1981), who served on the USS Stockdale as sonarman. Attached is a photo taken in New York Harbor, 1944. David Rutherford

USS STOCKDALE DE- 399 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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