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DE-1028 USS VAN VOORHIS

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 New York SB&DD Co., Camden NJ 29 August 1955
Launched 26 July 1956, Commissioned 22 April 1957
Decommissioned 1 July 1972, Stricken 1 July 1972
Fate: sold for scrapping 15 June 1973

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Van Voorhis 30k 1965 US Navy photo
Van Voorhis 199k Newport, Dec 1969. Dwarfed by Koelsch (DE-1049) moored alongside © Richard Leonhardt
Van Voorhis 72k Atlantic, 11 June 1970 © Richard Leonhardt

USS VAN VOORHIS DE-1028 History
DANFS History Archive
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

2004 Reunion for all Newport Based Dealeys
16 - 19 September 2004 at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Warwick RI
Chairman is Marc Arsenault
E-mail: marc-a@rcn.com or contact through Newport Dealey link below

2005 Reunion for all Newport Based Dealeys
20 - 23 October 2005 at the Airport Holiday Inn, Jacksonville FL
Chairman is Charlie (Shoe) Holzschuh
E-mail: norchar1@juno.com or contact through Newport Dealey link below


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
Home of the Newport Dealeys

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