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DE- 789 / APD - 81 USS TATUM

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 Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 22 April 1943
Launched 7 August 1943, Commissioned 22 November 1943
Reclassified and converted APD-81 15 December 1944
Decommissioned (?), Stricken 1 June 1960
Fate: sold for scrapping 8 May 1961

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TATUM DE- 789 / APD - 81 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Laurice M. Tatum
Address: 4719 Quarter Staff Road, Birmingham, AL. 35223
Phone: (205) 967-2479
E-mail: Laurice Tatum


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Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
NavSource APD Pages, TATUM

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