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DE - 43 USS MITCHELL
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 Puget Sound NSY on 12 January 1943, Launched 1 August 1943
Commissioned 17 November 1943, Decommissioned 29 December 1945
Stricken 19 December 1945
Fate: sold for scrap 11 December 1946 to the Puget Sound Navigation Co., Seattle WA
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entering dry-dock, undated |
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View the Mitchell (DE-43)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
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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