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DE- 336 USS ROY O. HALE

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 13 September 1943, Launched 20 November 1943
Commissioned 3 February 1944, Decommissioned 11 July 1946
Reclassified and converted DER-336, 21 October 1955
Recommissioned 29 January 1957, Decommissioned 15 July 1963
Stricken August 1 1974.
Fate: Sold for scrapping 12 March 1975

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Roy O. Hale 87k As DER-336, undated USN / Robert G. Lacey, RM3.

USS ROY O. HALE DE- 336 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
18 - 21 September 2003 at Timonium MD (Baltimore)
USS Roy O. Hale Association
Contact Name: Ervin Stahl (Newsletter Editor)
Address: 1130 Haslett Road / Haslett MI 48840-9778
Phone: None
E-mail: Ervin Stahl


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