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DE - 24 USS WHITMAN

CLASS:Evarts TYPE:GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 (std), 1,430 tons (full) Dimensions: 289' 5" (oa), 283' 6" (wl) x 35' 0" x 11' 0" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 9 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 1 Hedgehog Projector
Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 knots Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots Crew:15 / 183

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Mare Island NSY on 7 September 1942, Launched on 19 January 1943
Commissioned 3 July 1943, Decommissioned 16 November 1945
Stricken 16 November 1945
Fate: sold for scrapping 31 January 1947 to National Metal & Steel Co.,
Terminal Island CA, completed 20 March 1948

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Whitman 31k undated wartime image Bob Corbin

USS WHITMAN DE- 24 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Oct 13-17, 2002
Myrtle Beach, S.C.
We meet with the national Destroyer Escort Sailors Association DESA, every year. See also DESA web site: www.desausa.org

Contact Name: Mr. Tony Polozzolo
Address: 6328 Alberta St. / Springfield VA 22152
Phone: (703) 451-1874
E-mail: desatonyp@usa


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