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DE- 113 USS CLARENCE L. EVANS

CLASS: Cannon TYPE: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,240 tons (std) 1,620 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 11' 8" (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 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Dravo, Wilmington DE on 23 December 1943, Launched 22 March 1944
Commissioned 25 June 1944, Decommissioned 29 May 1947
Stricken 18 April 1952
Fate: to France 29 March 1952, renamed Berbere, stricken in 1969, and scrapped

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Evans 10k undated Jeff Evans
Evans 22k undated Jeff Evans
Evans 22k undated Jeff Evans
Evans 24k being scrapped at Brooklyn Navy Yard Jeff Evans

USS CLARENCE L. EVANS DE- 113 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Next Reunion
29 - 31 March 2004, Charleston SC
Charleston Airport Clarion Hotel

Contact Name: John D. Elliott
Address: 120 N. Tuxedo Drive / S. Bend IN 46615-2530
Phone: (574) 233-4379
E-mail: none


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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