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DE- 509 USS FORMOE

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 Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark NJ on 3 January 1944
Launched 2 April 1944, Commissioned 5 October 1944
Decommissioned 27 May 1946, Recommissioned 27 June 1951
Decommissioned 7 February 1957, Stricken 1 October 1968

Fate: Loaned to Portugal 7 February 1957, renamed Diogo Cao (F-333)
Sold to Portugal December 1968

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Formoe 471k undated wartime image Jerry Church

USS FORMOE DE- 509 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Reunion and Crew Contact Information
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at Ft. Mitchell KY
Contact Name: Julia Loughran
Address: 2009 Cantata Court / Vienna VA 22182-3313
Phone: (703) 281-5694 FAX (703) 319-8196
E-mail: loughran@thoughtlink.com


Note About Contacts.

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