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DE- 325 USS LOWE

CLASS - Edsall
Displacement 1,250 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' x 10' 5" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 2x 40mmAA, 10x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's 2 DC racks.
Machinery, 6,000 SHP; 4 Fairbanks Morse Model 38d81/8 Geared Diesel Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 24 May 1943, Launched 28 July 1943
Commissioned 22 November 1943, Decommissioned 1 May 1946
Loaned to USCG and Recommissioned WDE-425, 20 July 1951
Returned USN and Decommissioned 1 June 1954
Reclassified and converted DER-324, 28 October 1954
Recommissioned 1955, Decommissioned 20 September 1968
Stricken 23 September 1968
Fate: Sold for scrapping 3 September 1969

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Lowe 61k undated, wartime image USN / Joseph N. Ouellette Signalman 3c, 1961.
Lowe 98k undated, as DER-325 Ron Tone
Lowe 206k undated, as DER-325 © Mike Proffit RM2 (60-62)
Lowe 211k undated, as DER-325 © Mike Proffit RM2 (60-62)

USS LOWE DE- 325 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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


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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