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DE-1023 USS EVANS

CLASS: DEALEY (As Built) FY / SCB No.: 52/72
Displacement:1314 tons (std), 1877 tons (full) Dimensions:314' 6"(oa), 308" (wl) x 36' 9" x 18' 0"
Armament: 4 x 3"/50 (2x2) Mk 33, 1 Mk 108 ASW rocket launcher, 6-324mm Mk 32 (2x3) tubes / Mk 46 torpedos
Machinery: 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 De Laval geared turbine; 20,000 shp; 1 shaft
Speed: 27 knots Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 12 / 161

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging, Seattle WA 8 April 1955
Launched 14 September 1955, Commissioned 14 June 1957
Decommissioned September 1968, Stricken 3 December 1973
Fate Sold for scrapping 16 August 1974

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Evans 135k 1957 San Diego, shortly after commissioning. Bill Allen. © Morper Pictures of San Diego
Evans 97k 1957 San Diego, shortly after commissioning. Bill Allen. © Morper Pictures of San Diego
Evans 122k 1957 San Diego, shortly after commissioning. Bill Allen. © Morper Pictures of San Diego
Evans 80k Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, July 6 1966.
Moored outboard of Stickell (DD-888) and Haverfield (DE-393)
© Richard Leonhardt
Evans 38k 1970 in the Pacific NW when she was in reserve status. USN
Evans 31k 1970 in the Pacific NW when she was in reserve status. USN
Evans 122k Lewis (DE 535), Currier (DE 700),
Evans (DE 1023), and Wiseman (DE 667
USN

USS EVANS DE-1023 History
View This Vessel's DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

CortRon 3 / CortDiv 31 Combined Reunion (DE-1023, 1024, 1025, 1026)
1st Reunion, 6 - 10 March 2005, Laughlin NV
Reunion Contact Name: Jack Price
Address:144 Five Mile Road / Suffolk VA 23434-6932
Phone:(757) 255-0505
E-mail: Jack Price

Ship's Contact Name:William A. (Bill) Allen SOG2C
Address:PO Box 14607 / Tumwater WA 98511-4607
Phone:(360) 357-7652
E-mail:Bill Allen


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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