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DE- 697 USS GEORGE

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 Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City MI on 22 May 1943
Launched 14 August 1943, Commissioned 20 November 1943
Assigned as NRT ship, 12th Naval District at San Francisco CA, 18 September 1957
Decommissioned 8 October 1958, Stricken 1 November 1969

Fate: Sold 12 October 1970 and broken up for scrap

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George 84k 1953 USN / Raymond A. LaBarr
George 95k 1953. same as above without text. USN / Raymond A. LaBarr
George 34k Manus Islands, late 1944 USN / Raymond A. LaBarr
George 105k date / location unknown George E. Underwood BR1c

GEORGE DE- 697 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: George E. Underwood USN (Ret.)
Address: 3701 Kingfisher Lane / Rolling Meadows Il. 60008-2449
Phone: none
E-mail:boilers1@attbi.com


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