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DE - 63 /APD- 44 USS IRA JEFFERY

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 Hingham, Hingham MA. on February 13 1943.
Launched May 15 1943.
Commissioned August 15 1943.
Converted And Reclassified, APD - 44, February 23 1945.
Decommissioned June 18 1946.
Stricken June 1 1960.
Fate Sunk as target July 1962.

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Ira Jeffery 120k It was taken off Montauk Point, Long Island in 1944 by an aircraft from the New York Naval Air Station . USN / Everett N. Schrader SoM1/c
Ira Jeffery 263k USS Ira Jeffery DE 63 on training exercises off Montauk Point, New York. Picture is from the National Archives and was taken by an aircraft from the Naval Air Station New York in July 1944 at a height of 300 feet. USN / Everett N. Schrader SoM1/c

USS IRA JEFFERY DE- 63 /APD- 44 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information


Contact Name: Everett N. Schrader
Address:3800 Snowden Hill Road, New Hartford, NY 13413
Phone: 315-732-1389
E-mail: irajay@adelphia.net


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Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
NavSource APD Pages, IRA JEFFERY

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