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DE- 319 USS LEOPOLD

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 Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 24 March 1943, Launched 12 June 1943
Commissioned 18 October 1943
Fate: Torpedoed and sunk by U-255 South of Iceland 9 March 1944
171 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty.

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Leopold 116k Submitted in honor and memory of my mother's brother, F1/C Kenneth Jack Johnson, who was killed aboard the Leopold when she was torpedoed by German submarine U-255 on 9 March 1944. Major Ron Lowrance
United States Army

USS LEOPOLD DE- 319 History
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(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Last Reunion Location and Date
Branson MO, 8 - 12 October 2000
Joint Reunion With Joyce DE/DER-317
Contact Name: James J. Rocheleau
Address: 2902 Memorial Drive / Two Rivers WI 54241
Phone: (920) 793-4617
E-mail: voiceofthejoyce@peoplepc.com



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