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DE 583 USS GEORGE A. JOHNSON

CLASS - Rudderow
Displacement 1,450 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 40mm AA, 10 x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2 Dc Racks.
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; GE turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 24 Knots, Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Hingham MA. on 24 November 1943, Launched 12 January 1944
Commissioned 15 April 1944, Decommissioned 31 May 1946
Assigned as 12th Naval District training ship, August 1946
Placed "In Commission, In Reserve" 29 September 1950, Decommissioned September 1957
Stricken 1 November 1965
Fate Sold 19 September 1966 and broken up for scrap

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George A. Johnson 73k Undated, war time image. USN
George A. Johnson 38k Highlining with USS Thomas F. Nickel (DE-587) during a reserve cruise from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, October 1952 Bob LeBaron
George A. Johnson 97k Beached after breaking tow enroute to San Deigo, Just prior to being broken up. USN

USS GEORGE A. JOHNSON DE- 583 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name:Robert Hood, AMSC, USN(ret) (mid-'50's)
Address:11666 Co. Rd. 120 / Carthage MO 64836
Phone:(417) 358-5182
E-mail: dixiedus@ecarthage.com


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