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DE- 331 USS KOINER

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 Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 26 July 1943, Launched 5 October 1943
Commissioned 27 December 1943, Decommissioned 4 October 1946
Loaned to USCG and Recommissioned WDE-431, 20 June 1951
Returned USN and Decommissioned 14 May 1954
Reclassified and converted DER-331, 28 October 1954
Recommissioned 26 August 1955, Decommissioned (?) 1968
Stricken 23 September 1968
Fate Sold for scrapping 3 September 1969

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Koiner 89k Undated war time image. USN
Koiner 73k July 26th 1944. USN / Thomas F. Connors MoMM 1/C
Koiner 60k May 24th 1945. USN / Thomas F. Connors MoMM 1/C
Koiner 31k As US Coast Guard WDE-431. USCG
Koiner 112k Late 1950's. USN / Mike Sheen (Koiner 1959-1961)
Koiner 53k June 3rd 1963. USN / Thomas F. Connors MoMM 1/C

USS KOINER DE- 331 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

NONE LOCATED
Contact Name: NONE
Address: NONE
Phone:NONE
E-mail:NONE


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Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

Mike Sheen's USS Koiner Site

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