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USS Rinehart (DE-196)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - W - Z - J

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

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 Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark NJ on 21 October 1943
Launched 9 January 1944, Commissioned 12 February 1944
Decommissioned 17 July 1946, Stricken 26 September 1950

Fate: Transferred to the Netherlands 1 June 1950, renamed HNLMS De Bitter (F.807)
Retired by the Dutch Navy 15 December 1967, sold February 1968 for scrapping.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
72k	8 June 1945: USS Rinehart (DE-196) off New York City. (Photo #19-N-84967, Bureau of Ships Collection, U.S. National Archives)(From the U.S. Naval Historical Center)	Mike Green
78k	8 June 1945: Rinehart off New York City. (Photo #19-N-84965, Bureau of Ships Collection, U.S. National Archives)(From the U.S. Naval Historical Center)	Mike Green
74k	undated	-
39k	circa 1951: as HNLMS *De Bitter* (F.807)	Robert Hurst
35k	Undated: Underway in service of the Netherlands Navy.	John Wolf L/S,RP2. Royal Netherlands Navy (ret.)
35k	Undated: underway, in service of the Netherlands Navy.	John Wolf L/S,RP2. Royal Netherlands Navy (ret.)

View the USS Rinehart (DE-196), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center website.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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