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DE- 676 / APD -76 USS SCHMITT

CLASS - Buckley
Displacement 1,400 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 37' x 13' 6" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 4 x 1.1" AA, 8 x 20 mmAA, 3 x 21"TT (1x3) 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2racks.
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; G. E. Turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 24 Knots, Range 6,000 NM @ 12 Knts. Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Quincy on February 22 1943.
Launched May 19 1943.
Commissioned July 23 1943.
Decommissioned January 24 1945.
Converted to APD-76.
Recommissioned April 3 1945.
Decommissioned June 28 1949.
Stricken May 1 1967.
Fate To Taiwan February 18 1969.
Renamed Lung Shan.
Stricken and broken up in 1976.

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USS SCHMITT DE- 676 / APD -76 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

September 6 - 9, 2001
East Hartford, CT
Contact Name:Alton R. Blanks
Address: 6524 Merrill Road
Columbia, SC 29209
Phone:803-776-5148
E-mail:sblanks@worldnet.att.net

Note About Contacts.

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Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
NavSource APD Pages, SCHMITT

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