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USS Edward McDonnell (DE-1043)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign:
N - C - Q - G
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Del Monte"
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Navy Unit Commendation - CG Meritorious Unit Commendation w/star - Navy Expeditionary Medal
Second Row: National Defense Service Medal - Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - CG Special Operations Service Ribbon w/ 2 stars
CLASS: Garcia (As Built)      FY / SCB No.: 61-63/199A
Displacement: 2620 tons (std), 3400 tons (full)    Dimensions: 414' 6"(oa), 390" (wl) x 44 x 24'
Armament: 2 x 5"/38 Mk 30, 1 ASROC Mk16 (16 missiles), 4-324mm Mk 32 (4x1 fixed) tubes / Mk 46 torpedos
Machinery: 2 FW 1200-psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft
Speed: 27 knots    Range: 4,000 nm @ 20 knots    Crew: 13 / 234
Radars: AN/SPS-10 (surface), AN/SPS-40 (air)
Sonars: AN/SQS-26AXR in FF-1040 - 1045, AN/SQS-26BX in FF-1046 - 1051
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Avondale Marine, Avondale LA on 1 April 1963
Launched 15 February 1964, Commissioned 15 February 1965
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1043) on 30 June 1975
Decommissioned 30 September 1988, Stricken 15 December 1992
Fate: Contract (for $2.3 million) awarded 7 December 2001 to Metro Machine Corp, Philadelphia
PA for towing and scrapping at the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
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Edward McDonnell 50k date / location unknown: USS Edward McDonnell (DE-1043) in heavy seas. Robert Hurst
Edward McDonnell 36k mid 1960's: Edward McDonnell at sea in the Atlantic. Robert M. Cieri
Edward McDonnell 56k 1966: The Mediterranean - Edward McDonnell in heavy weather. Bob LaFont
Edward McDonnell 48k Summer 1970: the North Atlantic (Photo © Steve Singlar) Steve Singlar
ETCS USNR (ret.)
Edward McDonnell 94k 1970: the North Atlantic (Photo © Steve Singlar)
Edward McDonnell 4176kb 1972 movie, one minute. Shows McDonnell refueling from the USS Nantahala (AO-60). My ship, the USS Intrepid (CVS-11) was on port side of Nantahala, so my vantage point was excellent. We had pretty heavy seas that day, she took some hefty white water over the bow as she broke away from the refueling....exciting footage. Jim Converse,
former Lt.(jg),
USS Intrepid (CVS-11)
Edward McDonnell 57k July 1978: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Photo © Walter Bengtson) Walter Bengtson
Edward McDonnell 74k 29 January 1983: at Barcelona, Spain - Visible in this photo are many of McDonnell's radar, communications and EW antennas. There is no ASROC reload magazine. Fabio Peņa
Edward McDonnell 100k date unknown: Philadelphia PA - Voge (FF-1047) outboard, and Edward McDonnell sharing a berth just ahead of the heavy cruiser Des Moines (CA-134) at the Inactive Ship Facility in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. (from the authors collection, photo taken from Warship Boneyards by Kit and Carolyn Bonner) Robert Hurst
The USS Edward McDonnell (DE-1043), DANFS history entry
located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site is not presently available.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: John C. Collins
Address:202 Terrace Ave. / Riverside RI 02915
Phone:(401) 433-4998
E-mail: john1297@cox.net
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Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
USS Edward McDonnell Page on Destroyers Online
USS Edward McDonnell Page on Military.Com
USS Edward McDonnell Page on Navysite
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