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DE- 188 USS O'NEILL

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 Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark NJ on 26 August 1943
Launched 14 November 1943, Commissioned 6 December 1943
Decommissioned 2 May 1946, Stricken 20 December 1950
Fate: To Netherlands 23 October 1950, renamed Dubois (F-809)
returned to the US 15 December 1967,
sold in February 1968, scrapped in W. Germany

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O'Neill 43k undated © Sidney Ray Brandon, MoMM2c, 43-45.
O'Neill 70k Showing scars from kamikaze attack, undergoing repair at Saipan 1945 © Sidney Ray Brandon, MoMM2c, 43-45.
O'Neill 44k undated © Sidney Ray Brandon, MoMM2c, 43-45.
O'Neill 27k As Dutch frigate HMNS Dubois, (Ex U.S.S. O'Neill) on patrol in Yellow sea, Korea 1953 © John Wolf L/S R/P 2
O'Neill 39k As Dutch frigate HMNS Dubois, (Ex U.S.S. O'Neill) , undated © John Wolf L/S R/P 2
O'Neill 48k HMNS Dubois (F-809)(ex-USS O'Neill, DE 188) and HMNS Van Zyl (F-811) (ex-USS Stern DE-187) in Yokosuka harbor 1954 © John Wolf L/S R/P 2

USS O'NEILL DE- 188 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Philip D. Farrand
Address: 4228 Pinehurst Dr. / Jackson MI
Phone: none
E-mail::r pdfarrand@webtv.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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