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DE- 384 USS RHODES

CLASS: Edsall TYPE: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,200 tons (std) 1,590 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 12' 3" (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 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 8 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX on 19 April 1943, Launched 29 June 1943
Commissioned 25 October 1943, Decommissioned 13 June 1946
Reclassified and converted DER-384, 28 October 1954
Recommissioned 1 August 1955, Decommissioned 10 July 1963
Stricken 1 August 1974
Fate: Sold for scrapping 12 March 1975

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Rhodes 95k Boston Naval Shipyard, May 1960 © Richard Leonhardt
Rhodes 44k undated, (early '60's) USN / Mike Keating, (61-63)
Rhodes 104k undated, (early '60's) USN / Randy Kimes
Rhodes 76k 1962 USN / Mike Keating, (61-63)
Rhodes 96k 1962 USN / Mike Keating, (61-63)
Rhodes 55k Taken at Attu, the Aleution Islands, 12 July 1945 © Howard J. Elet
Rhodes 64k Boston Naval Shipyard, July 1961 © Richard Leonhardt

USS RHODES DE- 384 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information


Contact Name: Vincent Mannino
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail: Vincent Mannino


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