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DE- 706 USS HOLT

CLASS: Rudderow TYPE: TEV (turbo-electric drive, long hull, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,450 tons (std) 1,810 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 11.5" x 13' 9" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38 Mk30, 4 (2x2) 40mm Mk1 AA, 10 x 20mm/70 Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (230 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors (40), 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks (60)
Machinery: 2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 5,050 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 12 / 192

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City MI on 28 November 1943, Launched 15 February 1944
Commissioned 9 June 1944, Decommissioned 2 July 1946
Stricken 15 November 1974
Fate:To South Korea 19 June 1963, Renamed Chung Nam (DE-73)
Stricken and broken up in 1984.

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Holt 30k arriving in San Francisco January 1946 USN / Leonard M. Thompson Y2c
Holt 112k undated wartime photo Jeff Cope, Webmaster
USS Holt Site
Holt 76k undated wartime photo, crew at inspection Jeff Cope, Webmaster
USS Holt Site

USS HOLT DE- 706 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
Next Reunion:

2006 at Annapolis MD (more details later)
Contact Name:Bill Morgan
Address:3356 Northaven Road / Dallas TX 75229
Phone:(214) 352-6718
E-mail:Bill Morgan


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.


Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

USS Holt Organization WebSite

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