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USS Newman (DE-205 / APD-59)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - X - T - Y
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 5 stars - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Third Row: WWII Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ Asia Clasp - Philippine Liberation Medal w/ 2 stars
Class: Buckley      Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full)   Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots   Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 15 / 198
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Charleston NSY on 8 June 1943
Launched 9 August 1943, Commissioned 26 November 1943
Reclassified APD 59, 5 July 1944, converted at Frontier Base, Staten Island, NY
Decommissioned 18 February 1946, Stricken 1 September 1964
Fate: Sold 15 August 1966 for scrapping by
the Boston Metals Co., Baltimore MD
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By And/Or Copyright
Newman 183k undated wartime image Harold S. Deal, Phm 1/c, USS Liddle
from his grandson, Jeff Deal
Newman 136k undated wartime image
View the USS Newman (DE-205 / APD-59), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
2007 Reunion for the Battle of Ormoc Bay Association
21 - 25 October 2007
The Hampton Inn at Savannah GA
Contact: William M. Dallam (Sec'y/Treas., Ormoc Bay Assoc.)
Address: 117 Tuscarora St. / Harrisburg PA 17104
E-mail: William Dallam
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