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DE- 674 / APD -117 USS JOSEPH M. AUMAN

CLASS - Crosley
Displacement 1,450 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 1 x 5"/38AA, 6 x 40mm AA, 10 x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2 Dc Racks.
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; GE turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 24 Knots, Crew 204.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX. on November 8 1943.
Launched February 5 1944.
Reclassified and converted APD -117 while under construction.
Commissioned April 25 1945.
Decommissioned July 10 1946.
Stricken December 12 1963.
Fate To Mexico December 12 1963.
Renamed Tehuantepec.
Stricken and broken up in 1989.

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JOSEPH M. AUMAN 22k December 12, 1945 Carolyn Nicastro
JOSEPH M. AUMAN 56k April 30 1945, Orange Texas National Archives
George A. Hill MM2/c USNR WW II Ships Company
JOSEPH M. AUMAN 113k April 30 1945, Orange Texas National Archives
George A. Hill MM2/c USNR WW II Ships Company
JOSEPH M. AUMAN 97k April 30 1945, Orange Texas National Archives
George A. Hill MM2/c USNR WW II Ships Company

USS JOSEPH M. AUMAN DE- 674 / APD -117 History
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(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: George A. Hill
Address: 4948 North 6th. Street. Minneapolis, MN. 55430-3648
Phone:(612) 521-8946
E-mail: Geo6th@aol.com


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.


Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
NavSource APD Pages, JOSEPH M. AUMAN

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