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DE- 705 USS FRYBARGER

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 Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City Mich. on November 8 1943.
Launched January 25 1944.
Commissioned May 18 1944.
Decommissioned June 30 1947.
Reclassified DEC-705 (Destroyer Escort Control) December 13 1950.
Recommissioned October 6 1950.
Decommissioned December 9 1954.
Reclassified DE, December 27 1957.
Stricken December 1 1972.
Fate Sold November 27 1973 and broken up for scrap.

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Frybarger 89k Photo taken from deck of USS Calbildo, sometime between 1951 and 1955. Taken by Don Fischer MM1/USN. Courtesy Scott Fischer.
Frybarger 102k Undated From the collection of CDR M. E. Meahl USN
contributed by his son David Meahl
Frybarger 92k Undated From the collection of CDR M. E. Meahl USN
contributed by his son David Meahl
Frybarger 101k Undated From the collection of CDR M. E. Meahl USN
contributed by his son David Meahl

FRYBARGER DE- 705 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: None
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail:None

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


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