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DE- 389 USS DURANT

CLASS - Edsall
Displacement 1,250 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' x 10' 5" (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 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 on May 15 1943.
Launched August 3 1943.
Commissioned November 16 1943.
Decommissioned February 27 1946.
Loaned to USCG and Recommissioned WDE-489, May 15 1952.
Returned USN and Decommissioned June 16 1954.
Reclassified and converted DER-389, October 21 1955.
Recommissioned December 8 1956.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken April 1 1974.
Fate Sold August 16 1974 and broken up for scrap.

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Durant 97k As WDE-489, 1952 - 1954. USCG

USS DURANT DE- 389 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

NEXT REUNION: Grand Rapids, MI. Sep 15 - 16, 2000
Contact Name: Charlie Day - President
Address: NONE
Phone:NONE
E-mail: dayvfw@aol.com
Contact Name: Ken Konkel - Vice President
Address: NONE
Phone:NONE
E-mail: enigmap@uswest.net
Contact Name: Jim Neymeyer
Address:NONE
Phone:NONE
E-mail: eunijim@aol.com
Association Address: USS Durant DE 389 Assn. 1720 SE 5th. St. Ocala, FL. 34471
Association Web Site: USS Durant DE 389 Assn.



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