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DE- 537 USS RIZZI

Class: John C. Butler Type:WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38, 4 (2x2) 40mmAA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 6000 nm@12 knots Crew: 14 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Boston Navy Yard on 3 November 1943
Launched 7 December 1943, Commissioned 26 June 1945
Decommissioned 18 June 1946, Recommissioned 28 March 1951 and
Assigned to NRT, 3rd Naval District at New York City
Decommissioned 28 February 1958, Stricken 1 August 1972

Fate: sold for scrapping 5 February 1974

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Rizzi 66kb Havana, Cuba in 1954 Sonarman 2nd Class Joseph J. Kuczka
Keith Kuczka, USCG
Rizzi 84kb Post Card Image, Havana, Cuba in 1954 Sonarman 2nd Class Joseph J. Kuczka
Keith Kuczka, USCG

USS RIZZI DE- 537 History
View This Vessels 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

None Located
Contact Name: none
Address: none
Phone: none
E-mail: none


Note About Contacts.

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