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USS Falgout (DE 324)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - T - D - W
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Meadville"
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon - American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star
Second Row: WWII Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Third Row: Vietnam Service Medal w/ 7 stars - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross (palm) Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Specifications:
Class: Edsall
Type: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1200 tons (light), 1590 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 20' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 9,100 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: 8 / 201
Falgout (DE 324) Building and Operational Data:
  • 24 May 1943: Keel laid by the Consolidated Steel Corp, Ltd., Orange, Tex.
  • 24 July 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. H. J. Guidry, sister of Seaman Second Class Falgout
  • 15 November 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr H. A. Meyer, USCG, in command
  • 18 April 1947: Decommissioned
  • 24 August 1951: Loaned to U.S. Coast Guard and Recommissioned WDE 424
  • 21 May 1954: Returned to the U.S. Navy and decommissioned
  • 28 October 1954: Reclassified and converted DER 324
  • 30 June 1955: Recommissioned, Lcdr Walter P. Smiley in command, assigned to Seattle, Wash. for duty with the Continental Air Defense Command
  • 19 March 1959: Homeport assignment changed to Pearl Harbor, Hi.
  • 10 October 1969: Decommissioned
  • 1 June 1975: Struck from the NVR
  • 12 January 1977: Sunk as target off California
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    ***Alger / Falgout*** 56k early 1944: USS Hamul (AD 20) with (from left to right) DEs USS Calcaterra (DE 390); USS Pride (DE 323); USS Falgout (DE 324); USS Alger (DE 101) and USS Eichenberger (DE 202), alongside at Bermuda. Note HF/DF antenna visible on three of the five DEs, and the two-tone Measure 22 camouflage on four of the five DEs. (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 86271, courtesy of the Captain D.L. Madeira Collection) Robert Hurst
    Falgout 81k Circa 1952: Tacoma, Wash. - Docking as USCG WDE 424 ) (Photo © Jim Hopper, SK2, USCG) Bill Allen
    Falgout 109k Circa 1952: Seattle WA - "Dress Ship" at pier 90 as USCG WDE 424 (Photo © Jim Hopper, SK2, USCG)
    Falgout 161k 30 June 1955: Mare Island NSY, Vallejo, Cal. - Commissioning ceremonies of USS Falgout (DER 324). (U.S. Navy photo #DER-324-25863-6-55) Darryl Baker
    Falgout 66k Circa 1956: off San Diego, Cal. (Both Photos © Morper Pictures) Bill Allen
    Falgout 70k
    Falgout 72k 30 August 1963: Off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -
    Falgout 66k
    Falgout 73k
    Falgout 79k
    Falgout 73k At Hong Kong, moored next to USS Fred T. Berry (DD 858) (Photo © Richard Leonhardt) Richard Leonhardt
    Falgout Memorabilia
    Ship's Plaque
    Falgout
    Courtesy of
    Mike Smolinski    		 Ship's Lighter
    Falgout
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    Mike Smolinski
    View the USS Falgout (DE 324) DANFS history entry
    located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
    Falgout's Commanding Officers
    Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves
    Dates of Command Commanding Officers
    1.)  15 Nov. 1943 - 1944Lcdr. Henry A. Meyer, USCG (Comm.)
    3.)  10 Dec. 1945 - 14 Aug. 1947Lcdr. Bernard A. Leinhard (Decomm.)
    4.)  24 Aug. 1951 - May 1954Cmdr. G. R. Rollins, USCG (CG Service)
    5.)  30 Jun. 1955 - 11 Feb. 1957Lcdr. Bernard A. Leinhard (Recomm.)
    6.)  11 Feb. 1957 - 24 Feb. 1958Lcdr. Alfred Freeman Norwood
    7.)  24 Feb 1958 - 02 May 1959Cmdr. Wesley Anthony Gleason
    8.)  02 May 1959 - 05 Aug. 1960Lcdr. James (Jack) A. Jester
    9.)  05 Aug. 1960 - 31 Jan. 1962Lcdr. Robert Friedman
    10.) 31 Jan. 1962 - 07 Jun. 1963Lcdr. Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. (ret as Vadm.)
    11.) 07 Jun. 1963 - 03 Mar. 1965Lcdr. Matthew J. Breen
    12.) 03 Mar. 1965 - 09 Mar. 1966Lcdr. Clarence Henry Greff, Jr.
    13.) 09 Mar. 1966 - 10 Mar. 1968Lcdr. Robert Erhart Klee
    14.) 10 Mar. 1968 - 10 Apr. 1969Lcdr. James W. Harrick
    15.) 10 Apr. 1969 - 30 Jun. 1969Cmdr. Gordon R. Nagler (ret as Vadm.) (Decomm.)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Additional Resources
    USS Falgout (DE324) Web Links
    Nick Napzok's USS Falgout (DE324) / Jason (AR 8) web site
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
    Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Falgout
    The Destroyer History Foundation
    USS Falgout Page on Military.Com
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