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USS Richey (DE 385)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign:
N - H - U - S

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon - American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - World War II Victory Medal

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 Brown Shipbuilding,Houston TX on 19 April 1943, Launched 30 June 1943
Commissioned 30 October 1943, Decommissioned January 1947
Reactivated for US Coast Guard service 1 April 1952, Deactivated June 1954
Stricken 30 June 1968

Fate: Sunk as target off California, July 1969

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	106k	undated wartime image		David Buell
	301k	undated image while in Coast Guard service (Glenn's brother, James, served in her during this period)		from Glenn Spain, in honor of his brother James D. Spain

View the USS Richey (DE 385), DANFS history entry located
on the US Naval Hitorical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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