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DE- 680 USS LOESER

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 27 July 1943
Launched 11 September 1943, Commissioned 10 October 1943
Decommissioned 29 March 1949, Recommissioned 9 March 1951
Assigned to NRT, 5th Naval District at Little Creek VA, June 1958
Decommissioned 1 December 1958, placed "In Service"
Recommissioned for Berlin Crisis 2 October 1961, Decommissioned 1 August 1962
Reverted to "In Service" status as NRT ship at Williamsburg VA
Shifted homeport 20 October 1964 to Washington Navy Yard
Taken "Out of Service" 22 August 1968, Stricken 23 August 1968


Fate: sunk as target, 1969

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USS LOESER 51k 1957 Douglas Everett OTCM (Ret)

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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: James Gamble
Address: 211 Almia Forest Drive / Aiken SC 29801
Phone: none
E-mail: hucks@boone.net


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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