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USS Bostwick (DE 103)

CLASS: Cannon    TYPE: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,240 tons (std) 1,620 tons (full)    Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 11' 8" (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 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots    Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots    Crew: 15 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Dravo, Wilmington DE on 6 February 1943, Launched 30 August 1943
Commissioned 1 December 1943, Decommissioned 30 April 1946
Stricken 10 February 1949

Fate: Transferred to China 14 December 1948, renamed Tai Tsang (F-24)
Escaped to Taiwan with Nationalist forces in 1949, stricken in 1975, scrapped

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	71k	undated wartime image		Dennis C. Timmins
	59k	as *Tai Tsang, date / location unknown*		Waldo

View the USS Bostwick (DE 103), DANFS history entry located on the
US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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