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DE- 383 USS MILLS

CLASS - Edsall
Displacement 1,250 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' x 10' 5" (Max)
Armament 2 x 3"/50, 2x 40mmAA, 10x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's 2 DC racks.
Machinery, 6,000 SHP; 4 Fairbanks Morse Model 38d81/8 Geared Diesel Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX on 26 March 1943, Launched 26 May 1943
Commissioned 12 October 1943, Decommissioned 14 June 1946
Reclassified and converted DER-383, 1 November 1956
Recommissioned 3 October 1957, Decommissioned 27 October 1970
Stricken 1 August 1974
Fate Sold for scrapping 12 March 1975

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Mills 120kb Boston Naval Shipyard, August 1960. © Richard Leonhardt
Mills 52kb Italy, April 1967. © Richard Mc Namara
Mills 31kb Mills in New York Harbor with the statue of Liberty to the side,
undated late 60's.
USN / Bob Yellen
Mills 26kb ship's patch Mike Smolinski

USS MILLS DE- 383 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

NONE LOCATED
Contact Name: JACK MERKLE
Address: 12403 MADELEY LANE
BOWIE, MD 20715
Phone:301-262-4288
E-mail:jmerkle@ccconline.net


Note About Contacts.

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