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DE- 152 USS PETERSON

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 February 28 1943.
Launched May 15 1943.
Commissioned September 29 1943.
Decommissioned May 1 1946.
ASW-Upgrade (SCB-63A) 1951.
Recommissioned May 2 1952.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken August 1 1973.
Fate Sold June 24 1974 and broken up for scrap.

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Peterson43kUndated.USN / DESA archives
Peterson62kCoast Guard manned USS Peterson (DE-152) as seen in WW2. AnEdsall class DE, the Peterson was a member of Escort Division 22 and helpedsink U-550 on April 15, 1944, with depth charges and gunfire.USN
Peterson55kin a Southern Pacific port, during her tour of "Operation Deepfreeze" support duty, 1960. The original print is stamped with the date 23 March 1960. USN
Peterson14kdocked at Key West, Florida, at sunrise in October 1962. Courtesy of Lieutenant John Farris, USNR, 1977
Peterson14kOff New York City, 7 July 1944. Photographed from a NAS New York aircraft, flying at an altitude of 300 feet. U.S. Naval Historical Center
Peterson14kAt sea on 22 September 1953, following anti-submarine warfare modernization. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. National Archives Image
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USS PETERSON DE- 152 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

Contact Name: Frank D. Camp
Address: 4961 Nez Perce, Sierra Vista, AZ. 85650
Phone:(520) 378-2975
E-mail: fcamp@c2i2.com


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
USS Peterson DE152

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