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DE- 321 USS MOSLEY

CLASS: Edsall TYPE: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,200 tons (std) 1,590 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 12' 3" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 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: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 8 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 6 April 1943, Launched 26 June 1943
Commissioned 30 October 1943, Decommissioned 15 March 1946
Stricken 2 January 1971
Fate: Sold 22 August 1973 and broken up for scrap

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Mosley 97k Underway from Charleston Navy Yard, October 1945. Bound for a week long NAVY DAY open house celebration in Brunswick GA Dori Bolen. In honor of her father: Grover Clinton Pettigrew GM 1/C s/b USCG. Plankowner.

USS MOSLEY DE- 321 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

Contact Name: Dori Bolen
Address: 223 Caliente Drive / Twin Falls ID 83301
Phone: (280) 733-3127
E-mail: leo9point@yahoo.com


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
Dori Bolen's USS Mosley Site

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