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DE- 173 USS ELDRIDGE
CLASS - Cannon
Displacement 1,240 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' 7" x 11' 8" (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 BHP; 4 GM Model 16-278A Diesel Engines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 186.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark on 22 February 1943, Launched 25 July 1943
Commissioned 27 August 1943, Decommissioned 17 June 1946
Stricken 26 March 1951
Fate To Greece 15 January 1951
Renamed Leon, Stricken in 1991.
(Reported to be laid up in Souda Bay Crete in Terminal Reserve as of 1-98)
NOTE
ELDRIDGE was the subject of the much publicized "PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT"
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Eldridge's commissioning ceremony into the Greek Navy, 15 January 1951. |
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USS ELDRIDGE DE- 173 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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