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USS Swenning (DE-394)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - G - R
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Presidential Unit Citation - American Campaign Medal w/ 1 star
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars - WWII 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 17 July 1943
Launched 13 September 1943, Commissioned 1 December 1943
Decommissioned 25 September 1947, Stricken 1 July 1972
Fate: Sold for scrapping 17 January 1974 to Northern Metals Co., of Philadelphia PA
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Swenning 61k undated wartime image Fraser MacKinnon
Swenning 163k undated wartime image
Swenning 138k undated wartime image Harold S. Deal, Phm 1/c, USS Liddle
from his grandson, Jeff Deal
View the USS Swenning (DE-394), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
None
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