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USS Deede (DE-263)


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

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 6 stars - World War II Victory Medal
Class: Evarts      Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 (std), 1,430 tons (full)    Dimensions: 289' 5" (oa), 283' 6" (wl) x 35' 0" x 11' 0" (max)
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 9 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 1 Hedgehog Projector
Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 knots    Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots    Crew: 15 / 183
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Boston NSY on 23 February 1943, Launched 6 April 1943.
Commissioned 29 July 1943, Decommissioned 9 January 1946
Stricken 21 January 1946
Fate: Sold for scrapping 12 June 1947
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Deede 57k 21 May 1945: San Francisco CA - USS Deede at Mare Island Navy Yard. (US Navy Photo) -
Deede 266k 6 December 1945: San Francisco CA - Crew photo (covered) of USS Deede at Mare Island Navy Yard. (David's father-in-law, George Donald Kirby, who was
known as Don, was a cook aboard Deede)		 David Hicks
Deede 277k 6 December 1945: San Francisco CA - Crew photo (uncovered) of USS Deede.
View the USS Deede (DE-263), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
None
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