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DE - 30 USS MARTIN

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 Mare Island NSY on 26 November 1942, Launched 18 May 1943
Commissioned 4 September 1943, Decommissioned 19 November 1945
Stricken 5 December 1945
Fate: sold for scrapping 15 May 1946 to Wilmington Transportation Co.,
of Wilmington CA and broken up.

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: Thomas B. (Tom) Erwin
Address: 315 Hidden Hollow Drive / Shreveport LA 71106
Phone: (318) 798-1212
E-mail: tomberwin@aol.com


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