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DE- 636 USS WITTER

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, San Francisco on 28 April 1943
Launched 17 October 1943, Commissioned 19 December 1943.
Scheduled conversion to APD-58 never carried out
Decommissioned 29 October 1945, Stricken 16 November 1945

Fate: Sold 2 December 1946 to Northern Metals, Philadelphia PA and broken up for scrap.

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Witter 66k starboard bow, underway Jan 1944 off the California coast
National Archive 19-N-62176
Joseph Ogrodnik
Witter 61k starboard stern,underway Jan 1944 shakedown off California coast
National Archive 19-N-62177
Joseph Ogrodnik
Witter 68k port broadside underway, Jan 1944 shakedown off the coast of California (National Archive 19-N-62175) Joseph Ogrodnik
Witter 64k Anchored off Okinawa May 1945 After being hit by "Kamikaze" on 6 April 1945 (P.N.Y. No. 1621-45) Joseph Ogrodnik
Witter 90k docked off Okinawa May 1945 After being hit by "Kamikaze" on 6 April 1945 (P.N.Y. No. 1621-45) Joseph Ogrodnik
Witter 116k docked off Okinawa May 1945 After being hit by "Kamikaze" on 6 April 1945, Engineering Officer Bruno Naczkowski inspects damage Joseph Ogrodnik

USS WITTER DE- 636 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Next Reunion: 7-8-9 October 2004

Contact Name:JoAnn Spitsen
Address:7705 South 84th East Avenue # 7 / Tulsa OK 74133-2930
Phone:(918) 252 2220
E-mail: JoAnn Spitsen


Note About Contacts.

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