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DE- 798 USS VARIAN

CLASS: Buckley TYPE: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 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: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 198

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 27 August 1943
Launched 6 November 1943, Commissioned 29 February 1944
Decommissioned 15 March 1946, Stricken 1 December 1972

Fate: Sold for scrapping 2 January 1974 to Southern Scrap Metal Co., New Orleans LA

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VARIAN 39k Photographed operating out of Miami, Florida, summer 1945 USN/ Courtesy of Mr. K.R. Jameson, from the collection of Bruce A. Franklin
VARIAN 18k Navy Day 1945 New Haven,Conn - L/R Allen Crowell RM3/C, Sid Raphael RM 3/C, Harry Rayshev RM3/C, William Nance RM 1/C, Regan RM 3/C, Jordon William F.Nance
VARIAN 20k Navy Day 1945 New Haven,Conn - L/R 2nd Regan RM3/C, Allen Crowell William F.Nance
VARIAN 24k Navy Day 1945 New Haven,Conn - L/R Harry Ryshen, Sid Raphael, William Nance William F.Nance
VARIAN 18k Navy Day 1945 New Haven,Conn - Front row Allen Rowell, William Nance, Harry Ryshen William F.Nance
VARIAN 21k Navy Day 1945 New Haven,Conn - 1st Row L/R Don Ellis, Sid Raphael, Allen Crowell, 2nd Row William Nance William F.Nance

VARIAN DE- 798 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: None
Address: None
Phone: None
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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