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DE- 695 USS RICH

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 March 27 1943.
Launched June 22 1943.
Commissioned October 1 1943.
Fate Struck mine and sank off Utah Beach, Quineville France June 8 1944.
89 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty.

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Rich 242k Launching June 22 1943, Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City Michigan, Note the sidewise launch. © John Arnold Fryberger.
In memory of my father, John Arnold Fryberger, FC3C, USNR
By his son, George M. Fryberger

RICH DE- 695 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Next Reunion: Branson Missouri, June 2001.
Contact Name: Joseph Podorski
Address: None
Phone: 636-530-1226
E-mail: jbwdlh@netrax.net


Note About Contacts.

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