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DE- 748 USS TILLS

CLASS - Cannon
Displacement 1,240 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' 7" x 11' 8" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 2x 40mmAA, 10x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's 2 DC racks.
Machinery, 6,000 BHP; 4 GM Model 16-278A Diesel Engines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Western Pipe, San Francisco on 23 June 1943, Launched 3 October 1943
Commissioned 8 August 1944, Decommissioned June (?) 1946
Recommissioned 21 November 1950, Decommissioned 23 September 1968
Stricken 23 September 1968
Fate Sunk as target off Virginia on 3 April 1969

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Tills 83k Undated War time Image. Robert Dunn
Tills 94k Tills and Roberts (DE-749) going through the Panama Canal during WWII, taken from Hemminger (DE-746) Robert Taylor
Hemminger 51k Hemminger and Tills (DE-748) in drydock, undated Robert Taylor
Hemminger 70k Tills underway in the Pacific during WWII. Taken from the USS Hemminger (DE-746) Robert Taylor
Tills 103k Public Visit Day, South Boston Naval Annex, May 1958. © Richard Leonhardt
Tills 104k Public Visit Day, South Boston Naval Annex, May 1958. © Richard Leonhardt
Tills 47k ship's patch Mike Smolinski
Tills 30k ship's patch Mike Smolinski

USS TILLS DE- 748 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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