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USS Price (DE-332)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: N H S I

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 24 August 1943, Launched 30 October 1943
Commissioned 12 January 1944, Decommissioned 16 May 1947
Reclassified and converted DER-332, 21 October 1955
Recommissioned 1 August 1956, Decommissioned 30 June 1960
Stricken 1 August 1974

Fate: Sold for scrapping 12 March 1975

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	68k	Recommissioning Cermony, 1 August 1956		USN / Thomas C. Goff, 56-57

View the USS Price (DE-332), DANFS history entry
located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Gil Murphy
Address: 5822 New Paris Way / Ellenton FL 34222
E-mail: price332@aol.com

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