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USS Chambers (DE 391)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: N T X V

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 28 May 1943, Launched 17 August 1943
Commissioned 22 November 1943, Decommissioned 22 April 1946
Loaned to USCG and Recommissioned WDE-491, 11 June 1952
Returned USN and Decommissioned 30 July 1954
Reclassified and converted DER-391, 28 October 1954
Recommissioned 1 June 1955, Decommissioned 20 June 1960
Stricken 1 March 1975
Fate: sold for scrapping 24 September 1975
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Chambers 224k Official US Coast Guard WWII Public Affairs photo of USS Chambers (DE 391), also included is the rear of the photo describing the ship in action. David's Dad, Bennie Hanus, was a wartime crewmember of Chambers. David Hanus
Chambers 102k 11 June 1952: Commissioning into USCG as WDE 491 -
Chambers 48k circa 1952: shortly after USCG commissioning Robert Hurst
Chambers 116k 2 April 1958: At Lisbon, Portugal Karl A. Emrich
RMC, USN (ret.)
Memoribilia
Ship's Lighter
Chambers
Courtesy of Mike Smolinski
View the USS Chambers (DE 391), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
None
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