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DE- 239 USS STURTEVANT

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 Brown Shipbuilding, Houston on July 15 1942.
Launched December 3 1942.
Commissioned June 16 1943.
Decommissioned March 24 1946.
Recommissioned August 3 1951.
Reclassified DER-239, November 1 1956.
Decommissioned June (?) 1960.
Stricken December 1 1972.
Fate Sold September 20 1973 and broken up for srap.

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Sturtevant 79k Undated war time image. USN / DESA archives
Sturtevant 87k Undated post war image. USN / Richard O. Armstrong

USS STURTEVANT DE- 239 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

51-72 Crew Members, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, September 26-28, 2002
Contact Name: Robert E Lee Jr
Address: 3203 Lakewood Ave, Columbia SC 29201-1433
Phone:803-256-9485
E-mail: relsc@aol.com


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