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USS Calcaterra (DE-390)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - V - B
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Hazel Creek"

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row: National Defense Service Medal - Antarctica Service Ribbon - Armed Forces Expeditionary 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 28 May 1943, Launched 16 August 1943
Commissioned 17 November 1943, Decommissioned 1 May 1946
Reclassified and converted DER-390, 28 October 1954
Recommissioned 12 September 1955, Decommissioned 2 July 1973
Stricken 2 July 1973

Fate: Sold 14 May 1974 and broken up for scrap

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
69k	1943 location unknown	Joe Doyle, 11/43 to 7/45
73k	undated as DER 390	-
85k	underway at Otego Harbor, Dunedin, New Zealand. Taken between 11/65 and 2/66	Gene Spinelli ETR2, USNR From collection of Joe Thorne IC2, USN
57k	1970 at Esbjerg, Denmark	Karsten Petersen, Middelfart, Denmark All Photos in this Series © Karsten Petersen
51k	1970 at Esbjerg, Denmark
54k	1970 at Esbjerg, Denmark
46k	1970 at Esbjerg, Denmark
74k	1970 at Esbjerg, Denmark
45k	1970 at Esbjerg, Denmark
88k	1970 at Esbjerg, Denmark
66k	1970: at Esbjerg, Denmark
60k	1970: departing Esbjerg, Denmark
51k	1970: departing Esbjerg, Denmark
60k	1970: departing Esbjerg, Denmark
55k	1970: departing Esbjerg, Denmark, into the mist of the North Sea
58k	July 1971: departing Bremen, Germany	Gerhard Mueller-Debus Frankfurt a.M., Germany
61k	1973 in Key West, shortly before decommissioning	© Randy Mays

Calcaterra Memorabilia
Ship's Plaque Courtesy of Mike Smolinski	Deepfreeze Patch Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

View the USS Calcaterra (DE-390), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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Additional Resources

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