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DE- 390 USS CALCATERRA

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 28 May 1943, Launched 16 August 1943
Commissioned 17 November 1943, Decommissioned 1 May 1946
Reclassified and converted DER-390, 28 October 1954
Recommissioned 12 September 1955, Decommissioned 2 July 1973
Stricken 2 July 1973
Fate Sold 14 May 1974 and broken up for scrap

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Calcaterra 59k 1943 location unknown. USN / Joe Doyle, 11/43 till 7/45.
Calcaterra 90k undated as DER-390. USN
Calcaterra 85k Underway. Otego Harbor, Dunedin, New Zealand. Taken between 11/65 and 2/66. Gene Spinelli ETR2/USNR. From collection of Joe Thorne IC2/USN.
Calcaterra 58k 1973 in Key West, shortly before decommissioning. © Randy Mays

USS CALCATERRA DE- 390 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: None
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail: None


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.


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USS Calcaterra DE-390

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