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DE- 797 USS WEEDEN

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 Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 18 August 1943, Launched 27 October 1943
Commissioned 19 February 1944, Decommissioned 9 May 1946
Assigned to Reserve Training Duty (11th Naval District), 20 November 1946
Recommissioned (in reserve) 26 May 1950
Decommissioned 26 February 1958, Stricken 30 June 1968

Fate: Sold for scrapping 27 October 1969 to Zidell Explorations, Inc of Portland OR

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Weeden 22k undated wartime image Jerry Church
Weeden 91k Photo taken at Avalon, Catalina Island, in 1951. Our division was USS Goss, USS John C Butler, and USS Weeden. I was Supply Officer on the Goss at the time. Dorcey D. Beard

WEEDEN DE- 797 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Next Reunion: Savannah GA ... 3 - 7 October 2004
Contact Name: U.S.S. Weeden Web Site


Note About Contacts.

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Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
U.S.S. Weeden Web Site

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