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DE- 324 USS FALGOUT

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 May 24 1943.
Launched July 24 1943.
Commissioned November 15 1943.
Decommissioned April 18 1947.
Loaned to USCG and Recommissioned WDE-424, August 24 1951.
Returned USN and Decommissioned May 21 1954.
Reclassified and converted DER-324, October 28 1954.
Recommissioned June 30 1955.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken June 1 1975.
Fate Sunk as target off California on January 12 1977.

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FALGOUT 73k Moored next to DD-858 Fred T. Berry. © Richard Leonhardt.
FALGOUT 72k Off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 30 August 1963. USN
FALGOUT 66k Off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 30 August 1963. USN
FALGOUT 73k Off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 30 August 1963. USN
FALGOUT 79k Off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 30 August 1963. USN
FALGOUT 161k Off San Diego, about 1956. Bill Allen. © Morper Pictures.
FALGOUT 160k Off San Diego, about 1956. Bill Allen. © Morper Pictures.
FALGOUT 81k Docking in Tacoma, Washington. Circa 1952 Bill Allen. © Jim Hopper SK2 USCG.
FALGOUT 109k Dress Ship at pier 90, Seattle, Washington. Circa 1952 Bill Allen. © Jim Hopper SK2 USCG.
FALGOUT 61k ship's patch Mike Smolinski

USS FALGOUT DE- 324 History
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