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NavSource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive

Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

USS Loeser (DE-680)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: N T R F
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "POTTSTOWN"

CLASS: Buckley TYPE: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 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: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 198

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Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Quincy MA on 27 July 1943
Launched 11 September 1943, Commissioned 10 October 1943
Decommissioned 29 March 1949, Recommissioned 9 March 1951
Assigned to NRT, 5th Naval District at Little Creek VA, June 1958
Decommissioned 1 December 1958, placed "In Service"
Recommissioned for Berlin Crisis 2 October 1961, Decommissioned 1 August 1962
Reverted to "In Service" status as NRT ship at Williamsburg VA
Shifted homeport 20 October 1964 to Washington Navy Yard
Taken "Out of Service" 22 August 1968, Stricken 23 August 1968

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Fate: sunk as target, 1969

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	51k	1957		Douglas Everett OTCM (Ret)

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View the USS Loeser (DE-680), DANFS history entry
located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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Loeser Does Hold Reunions

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Contact Name: Charles D. Hayes
Address: 26 Daniels Road / Framingham MA 01701
Phone: (508) 877-6363
E-mail: C.D. Hayes

Contact Name: Robert R. Montgomery (Pres. USS Loeser Assoc.)
Address: Box 383 / Morrisonville IL 62546
Phone: (217) 526-3318
E-mail: R.R. Montgomery

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Note About Contacts