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DE-1021 USS COURTNEY

CLASS: DEALEY (As Built) FY / SCB No.: 52/72
Displacement:1314 tons (std), 1877 tons (full) Dimensions:314' 6"(oa), 308" (wl) x 36' 9" x 18' 0"
Armament: 4 x 3"/50 (2x2) Mk 33, 1 Mk 108 ASW rocket launcher, 6-324mm Mk 32 (2x3) tubes / Mk 46 torpedos
Machinery: 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 De Laval geared turbine; 20,000 shp; 1 shaft
Speed: 27 knots Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 12 / 161

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City MI 2 September 1954
Launched 2 November 1955, Commissioned 24 September 1956
Decommissioned (unknown), Stricken 14 December 1973
Fate: sold for scrapping 17 June 1974

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USS COURTNEY DE-1021 History
DANFS History Archive
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

2004 Reunion for all Newport Based Dealeys
16 - 19 September 2004 at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Warwick RI
Chairman is Marc Arsenault
E-mail: marc-a@rcn.com or contact through Newport Dealey link below

2005 Reunion for all Newport Based Dealeys
20 - 23 October 2005 at the Airport Holiday Inn, Jacksonville FL
Chairman is Charlie (Shoe) Holzschuh
E-mail: norchar1@juno.com or contact through Newport Dealey link below


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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Home of the Newport Dealeys

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