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USS Rizzi (DE 537)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - T - U - M
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Specifications:
Class: John C. Butler
Type: WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1350 tons (light), 1745 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 11' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 2 - 5"/38 cal. DP guns (2x1), 4 - 40mm AA (2x2), 10 - 20mm AA, 3 - 21" TT, 1 Mk10 Hedgehog, 8 Mk6 Depth Charge Projectors, 2 Mk9 Depth Charge Stern Racks
Complement: 14 / 201
Rizzi (DE 537) Building and Operational Data:
  • 3 November 1943: Keel laid by the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass.
  • 7 December 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Theresa Rizzi, mother of Seaman First Class Rizzi
  • 26 June 1945: Commissioned, Lcdr E. K. Winn, USNR, assumed command
  • 18 June 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla.
  • 28 March 1951: Recommissioned, assigned to NRT, 3rd Naval District at New York City
  • 28 February 1958: Decommissioned at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
  • 1 August 1972: Struck from the NVR
  • 5 February 1974: Sold for scrapping
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    Rizzi 80k 1954: Havana, Cuba Sonarman 2nd Class Joseph J. Kuczka
    Keith Kuczka, USCG
    Rizzi 90k 1954: Post card image taken entering Havana Harbor, Cuba
    Rizzi 95k June 1955: at sea in the Atlantic - Transferring the doctor from USS Allen (DE-531) to Rizzi during a training exercise. John Nilsson, USNR
    Rizzi 122k date / location unknown David Buell
    ***Coffman / Rizzi*** 269k Winter 1972 - Spring 1973: Philadelphia, Pa. - A view of the Inactive Ship Basin at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Looking south from the Langley Ave. side, we see Whitehall (PC-856) and another unidentified PC alongside the the Intrepid Ave. quay. Further to the right, at the Constitution Ave. quay we see Oswald (DE 767), Melvin R. Nawman (DE 416), Tabberer (DE 418), Coffman (DE 191), Rizzi, and Edward H. Allen (DE 531). Jim Cunliffe
    Rizzi 303k Winter 1972 - Spring 1973: Philadelphia, Pa. - A closer view of Rizzi, and Edward H. Allen (DE 531) at the Inactive Ship Basin at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
    Rizzi Memorabilia
    Ship's
    Matchbook
    Rizzi
    Courtesy of Nick Tiberio
    View the USS Rizzi (DE 537) DANFS history entry
    located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    None
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    Additional Resources
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
    Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Rizzi
    The Destroyer History Foundation
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