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DE-1068 USS VREELAND

CLASS - KNOX As Built
Displacement: 3011 tons (std), 3877 tons (full),
Dimensions: 439' 6" x 46' 9" x 15'; 24' 9" (sonar)
Armament: 1 - 5"/54 (single) Mk 42 Mod 9, 1 Honeywell ASROC Mk 16 octuple launcher
4-324mm US Mk 32 (2 twin) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
Machinery: 2 Combustion Engineering boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft
Speed: 27 knots; Range: 4500 nm@20 knots; Crew: 288 (17 officers)

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Avondale Marine, Avondale LA on 20 March 1968, Launched 14 June 1969
Commissioned 13 June 1970
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1068) on 30 June 1975
Decommissioned 30 August 1992, Stricken 11 January 1995
Fate: To Greece, (lease) 25 Jul 1992, (grant aid) 9 Feb 2001, renamed Makedonia (F-458)
Still in service.

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Vreeland 32k undated USN
Vreeland 250k Shown before 1980/81 overhaul at Bath Ironworks. Capt Craig Vance USN
Vreeland 248k Shown after 1980/81 overhaul at Bath ironworks. Hurricane bow, WLR-1 ESM, blast-shield for TARTAR-in-the-box had been installed. Capt Craig Vance USN
Vreeland 55k Ship's Patch (DE) Mike Smolinski
Vreeland 53k Ship's Patch (FF) Mike Smolinski

USS VREELAND DE-1068 History
DANFS History Archive
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Proposed Reunion
Contact Name: Mark Smith
Address: 3617 Welwyn Way / Bedford TX 76021
Phone: (817) 454-5051
E-mail: mlsmith100000@aol.com


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.


Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
Carmen Peterson's USS Vreeland Site

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