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USS Joseph E. Campbell (DE-70 / APD-49)

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, Hingham MA on 29 March 1943
Launched 26 June 1943, Commissioned 23 September 1943
Converted and Reclassified APD-49, 24 November 1944
Decommissioned 15 November 1946, Stricken 1 December 1966
Fate: to Chile 15 November 1966, renamed Riquelme (APD-28)
Never saw service in Chile, used as parts hulk and stripped
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Joseph E. Campbell 62k prior to APD conversion, undated John A. George / USN
Joseph E. Campbell 61k Ireland 1943 ? / USN
View the USS Joseph E. Campbell (DE-70/APD-49), DANFS history entry
located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: John A. George
Address: 7002 24th Avenue / Lewisdale MD 20783-2732
E-mail: John George
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Additional Resources
NavSource APD Pages, Joseph E. Campbell
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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