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USS Koiner (DE 331)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - E - C
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Crystal Lake"
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal
Third Row: National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star - Vietnam Service Medal w/ 6 stars - 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
Koiner (DE 331) Building and Operational Data:
  • 26 July 1943: Keel laid at the Consolidated Steel Co., Orange, Tex.
  • 5 September 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Mae H. Koiner, the mother of Lt. (j.g.) Koiner
  • 27 December 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr C. S. Judson, Jr., in command
  • 4 October 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla.
  • 20 June 1951: Loaned to USCG and Recommissioned WDE 431
  • 14 May 1954: Returned USN and Decommissioned
  • 28 October 1954: Reclassified and converted DER 331
  • 26 August 1955: Recommissioned, Lcdr V. W. Tracy in command, assigned to the Continental Air Defense System in the Pacific Barrier
  • 1 July 1965: Homeport assignment changed to Agana, Guam
  • 23 September 1968: Decommissioned and Stricken from the NVR
  • 3 September 1969: Sold for scrapping
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    By And/Or Copyright
    Koiner 104k 24 May 1945 Thomas F. Connors
    MoMM 1/C
    Koiner 70k 24 May 1945
    Koiner 73k 26 July 1944
    Koiner 31k As US Coast Guard WDE 431 -
    Koiner 143k 26 August 1955: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal. - Commissioning ceremonies of USS Koiner (DER 331). (U.S. Navy photo #DER 331 26355-8-55) Darryl Baker
    Koiner 143k circa 1956 (U.S. Navy Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships, 1956 - 57") Robert Hurst
    Koiner 51k Late 1950's Mike Sheen
    (USS Koiner 1959-1961)
    Koiner 56k 3 June 1963 Thomas F. Connors
    MoMM 1/C
    Koiner 102k 1965: San Francisco Navy Yard - Koiner and USS Atlanta (IX 304) lie across the pier from USS Ticonderoga (CVA 14). (From the USS Ticonderoga (CVA 14) Cruise Book, 1965-66) Gene McCallister
    View the USS Koiner (DE331) DANFS history entry
    located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Crew Contact: Mac Christy, ENC, USN (ret.)
    E-mail: machief at hughes.net
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    Additional Resources
    Mike Sheen's USS Koiner Site
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
    Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Koiner
    The Destroyer History Foundation
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