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DE- 447 USS ALBERT T. HARRIS

Class: John C. Butler Type:WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38, 4 (2x2) 40mmAA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 6000 nm@12 knots Crew: 14 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark NJ on 13 January 1944
Launched 16 April 1944, Commissioned 29 November 1944
Decommissioned 26 July 1946, Recommissioned 27 April 1951
Assigned to NRT, 3rd Naval District at Whitestone (Ft. Schuyler) NY, September 1957
Decommissioned 21 September 1968, Stricken 23 September 1968

Fate: sunk as target off the Virginia Capes, 9 April 1969

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

1944 - 1946 Crew.
Contact Name: Bob Mitchell, RT2c
Address: Box 36833 / Tucson AZ 85740-6833
Phone: (520) 293-0956
E-mail: remcoaz@juno.com
Next Reunion: Charleston SC, Sept/Oct. 2001.

2nd Commission Crew.
Contact Name: Charlie Cook
Address: 4820 S. Florence Place / Tulsa OK 74105-5334
Phone: (918) 749-8434
E-mail:Charlie Cook


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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