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USS George (DE 697)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - Q - J

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars - WWII Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon

Specifications:
Class: Buckley
Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1400 tons (light), 1740 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots
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
Complement: 15 / 198

George (DE 697) Building and Operational Data:

22 May 1943: Keel laid by the Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich.

14 August 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Harlow F. George, the mother of Seaman Second Class George

20 November 1943: Commissioned at New Orleans, La., Lcdr J. B. Page in command

At war's end, George was assigned to the Pacific Fleet Cruiser-Destroyer Force at San Diego, Cal.

18 September 1957: Assigned as NRT ship, 12th Naval District, at San Francisco, Cal.

8 October 1958: Decommissioned at San Francisco, Cal., entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Stockton, Cal.

1 November 1969: Stricken from the NVR

12 October 1970: Sold for scrapping

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
37k	late 1944: Manus Islands	Raymond A. LaBarr
64k	date / location unknown	George E. Underwood BR1c
84k	27 August 1947: San Francisco Bay - Bow on view of USS George (DE 697) off Mare Island. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-697-1590-47)	Darryl Baker
82k	27 August 1947: San Francisco Bay - Broadside view of USS George (DE 697) off Mare Island. She was in overhaul at the yard from 26 June to 8 September 1947. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-697-1592-47)
126k	27 August 1947: San Francisco Bay - Stern view of USS George (DE 697) off Mare Island. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-697-1594-47)
91k	1953	Raymond A. LaBarr
116k	1953: same as above without text.	Raymond A. LaBarr
107k	1958: San Francisco Bay (Photo © Allied Photographers, San Francisco, Cal.)	Robert M. Cieri

View the USS George (DE 697) DANFS history entry
located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: George E. Underwood USN (Ret.)
Address: 3701 Kingfisher Lane / Rolling Meadows Il. 60008-2449
E-mail:boilers1@attbi.com

Note About Contacts

Contact information is compiled from various sources over a period of time and may, or may not, be correct. Every effort has been
made to list the newest contact. However, our entry is only as good as the latest information that's been sent to us. We list only
a contact for the ship if one has been sent to us. We do NOT have crew lists, rosters, or deck logs available. Please see the Frequently
Asked Questions section on NavSource's Main Page for that information.

Additional Resources

Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS George
The Destroyer History Foundation

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