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DE- 352 USS NAIFEH

Class: John C. Butler Type:WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38, 4 (2x2) 40mmAA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 6000 nm@12 knots Crew: 14 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 29 December 1943
Launched 29 February 1944, Commissioned 4 July 1944
Decommissioned 27 June 1946, Recommissioned 26 January 1951
Decommissioned 17 June 1960, Stricken 1 January 1966

Fate: sunk as target off San Clemente Island CA 11 July 1966

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Naifeh 107kb undated wartime image USN
Naifeh 83kb The crew of USS Naifeh (DE-352) salutes the National Ensign as Naifeh is recommissioned for Korean War service, at San Diego, California, 26 January 1951. Her Commanding Officer is Lcdr Cornelius J. Smits. Escort Ships (DE) and Fast Transports (APD) laid up in reserve in the background are (from left to right):
USS Cook (APD-130); USS Blessman (APD-48); USS Gosselin (APD-126); USS Gantner (APD-42); USS Dufilho (DE-423); USS Eugene E. Elmore (DE-686); USS William C. Cole (DE-641); USS Metivier (DE-582); USS McNulty (DE-581); USS Thomason (DE-203); USS Peiffer (DE-588); and two unidentified ships at far right. .
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Naifeh 111kb September 1958, Stockton California. Yarnall (DD-541) alongside. © Roy Preston USS Yarnall 56-58.

USS NAIFEH DE- 352 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

The Naifeh is having annual reunions
Contact Name: John Downes
Address: 613 Del Mar Drive / Champaign IL 61822-2330
Phone: (217) 352-7529
E-mail:none

Contact Name: Frank McKernan, Treasurer.
E-mail: frankm31@pon.net
fnlmcmail@pon.net


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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