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DE- 675 / APD -75 USS WEBER

CLASS: Buckley TYPE: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 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: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 198

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Quincy MA on 22 February 1943
Launched 1 May 1943, Commissioned 30 June 1943
Decommissioned 15 December 1944 at the Philadelphia NSY for conversion
Reclassified APD-75, Recommissioned 15 March 1945
Decommissioned January 1947, Stricken 1 June 1960

Fate: Sunk as target, 15 July 1962

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Weber 99k September 1943 before her conversion to a high speed transport (APD-75). US Navy photo

USS WEBER DE- 675 / APD -75 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Place: Pensacola FL
Date: 22 to 26 October 2003
Contact Name: Joe Retcho
Address: 180 NE 12 Ave. (Apt 17C) / Hallandale FL 33009
Phone: (954) 458-7504
E-mail: jritalia@msn.com


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Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
NavSource APD Pages, WEBER

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