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DE - 59 USS FOSS

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 Bethlehem Steel Hingham, Hingham MA on 31 December 1942, Launched 10 April 1943
Commissioned 23 July 1943, Decommissioned 30 October 1957
Stricken 1 November 1965

Fate: Reference sources sonflict, trying to determine correct fate.
(1) Sold 1966 and broken up for scrap
(2) Sunk as target 1966 or '67

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Foss 253k starboard bow Ross Yates

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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Next Reunion: October 16-20, 2003. Las Vegas, NV

Contact Name: Wes Yates
Address: none
Phone: none
E-mail: chompersnv@earthlink.net

Contact Name: Bill Mitchell
Address: none
Phone: none
E-mail: bbmitch@juno.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.


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