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USS Koiner (DE-331)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: N H E C
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "CRYSTAL LAKE"

CLASS: Edsall TYPE: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,200 tons (std) 1,590 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 12' 3" (max)
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
Machinery: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 8 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 26 July 1943, Launched 5 October 1943
Commissioned 27 December 1943, Decommissioned 4 October 1946
Loaned to USCG and Recommissioned WDE-431, 20 June 1951
Returned USN and Decommissioned 14 May 1954
Reclassified and converted DER-331, 28 October 1954
Recommissioned 26 August 1955, Decommissioned (?) 1968
Stricken 23 September 1968

Fate: Sold for scrapping 3 September 1969

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
104k	24 May 1945	-
60k	24 May 1945	Thomas F. Connors MoMM 1/C
73k	26 July 1944	Thomas F. Connors MoMM 1/C
31k	As US Coast Guard WDE-431	-
143k	26 August 1955: Mare Island NSY, Vallejo CA - Commissioning ceremonies of USS *Koiner* (DER 331). (US Navy photo #DER 331 26355-8-55)	Darryl Baker
112k	Late 1950's	Mike Sheen (USS Koiner 1959-1961)
53k	3 June 1963	Thomas F. Connors MoMM 1/C

View the USS Koiner (DE 331), DANFS history entry
located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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Additional Resources
Mike Sheen's USS Koiner Site
DER Group on MSN
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

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