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USS Silverstein (DE-534)

Class: John C. Butler Type:WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38, 4 (2x2) 40mmAA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 6000 nm@12 knots Crew: 14 / 201
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Boston Navy Yard on 8 October 1943
Launched 8 November 1943, Commissioned 14 July 1944
Decommissioned 15 January 1947, Recommissioned 28 February 1951
Decommissioned 30 January 1959, Stricken 1 December 1972
Fate: Sold for scrapping 3 December 1973
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Silverstein 116kb undated USN / Alfred F. McDonald
GM2c 51-52
Silverstein 59kb undated USN / Ronald W. (Fett) West
Silverstein 167kb Photo was taken when Silverstein was part of a flotilla of ships involved in a series of 17 tests of A-bomb and H-bomb devices, under the code name of "Redwing." John W. Smith / EM3
USN 1954 - 1957
View the USS Silverstein (DE-534), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center's site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Bob Fowler
Address: 1218 Daly Road / Ojai CA 93023-1946
Phone: (805) 646-8844
E-mail:bobfowler8@aol.com
Note About Contacts
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Additional Resources
DE-534 USS Silverstein (History Submitted By Contributor's)
DE-534 USS Silverstein Crew Photos
Irv Mesher's USS Silverstein Site
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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