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DE - 203 USS THOMASON

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 Charleston NSY on 5 June 1943
Launched 23 August 1943, Commissioned 10 December 1943
Decommissioned 22 May 1946, Stricken 30 June 1968
Fate: sold for scrap 30 June 1969 to
National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, Long Beach CA

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Thomason 48k keel laying plaque Jules James III, grandson
of Admiral James,
via Bob Hall

USS THOMASON DE- 203 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry, Not Available Yet
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Next Reunion: April 29 - May 1, 2003. Ramada Inn, Lenoir, NC

Contact Name: Kenneth Bierbach
Address: 530 Sycamore Ave. / South Milwaukee WI 53172
Phone: (414) 762 4973
E-mail: kbierbach@msn.com

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