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USS Metivier (DE 582)


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


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 stars -
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon


Specifications:
Class: Rudderow
Type: TEV (turbo-electric drive, long hull, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,450 tons (light), 1,810 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 13' 9" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 5,050 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 2 - 5"/38 Mk30, 4 - 40mm Mk1 AA (2x2), 10 x 20mm/70 Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (230 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors (40), 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks (60)
Complement: 12 / 192
Metivier (DE 582) Building and Operational Data:
  • 24 November 1943: Keel laid by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Mass.
  • 12 January 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Joseph Metivier, mother of Coxswain Metivier
  • 07 April 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr. Francis Kernan, Jr., in command
  • 01 June 1946: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. after 2 years and 2 months of service having steamed 102,396 miles
  • 28 February 1947: Inactivation completed at San Diego, Cal., assigned to Submarine Group Two, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • 30 June 1968: Struck from the NVR
  • June 1969: Sold for scrapping
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    83k 12 January 1944: Hingham, Mass. - The future USS Metivier (DE 582) slides down the building way after being christened. Nick Tiberio
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    Metivier History
    View the USS Metivier (DE 582) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
    View the official War History of USS Metivier as submitted by the ship at war's end.

    Metivier's Commanding Officers
    Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler
    Dates of Command Commanding Officers
    1.) 07 Apr. 1944 – 24 May 1944Lcdr. Francis Kernan Jr., USNR (Comm. CO)
    2.) 24 May 1944 – 01 Jun. 1946Lcdr. Eugene Hugh Mahar, USNR (Decomm. CO) (USNA '32)

    Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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