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USS Fowler (DE222)


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

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - World War II Victory Medal
Specifications:
Class: Buckley
Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1400 tons (light), 1740 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 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
Complement: 15 / 198
Fowler (DE222) Building and Operational Data:
  • 5 April 1943: Keel laid by the Philadelphia Navy Yard
  • 3 July 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Robert L. Fowler, III, widow of Lieutenant (junior grade) Fowler
  • 15 March 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr G. S. Forde, USNR, in command
  • 28 June 1946: Decommissioned
  • 1 July 1965: Stricken
  • 29 December 1966: Sold for scrapping
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    Fowler 33k underway, undated Lt(jg) R. Bucher, 44-45
    Memorabilia
    Christmas Card sent to the USS Fowler
    Fowler
    Courtesy of
    Russ Padden
    View the USS Fowler (DE222) DANFS history entry
    located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    None
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