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USS Holt (DE-706)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - K - Z - K
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 - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars
Second Row: World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/ 1 star
Class: Rudderow      Type: TEV (turbo-electric drive, long hull, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,450 tons (std) 1,810 tons (full)    Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 11.5" x 13' 9" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38 Mk30, 4 (2x2) 40mm Mk1 AA, 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)
Machinery: 2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots   Range: 5,050 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 12 / 192
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City MI on 28 November 1943, Launched 15 February 1944
Commissioned 9 June 1944, Decommissioned 2 July 1946
Stricken 15 November 1974
Fate: Loaned to South Korea 19 June 1963, renamed ROKS Chung Nam (DE-73)
Stricken and broken up in 1984.
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Holt 30k arriving in San Francisco January 1946 Leonard M. Thompson Y2c
Holt 112k undated wartime photo Jeff Cope
Webmaster
USS Holt Web Site
Holt 76k undated wartime photo, crew at inspection
Holt 53k ROKS Chung Nam, circa 1967 Robert Hurst
View the USS Holt (DE-706), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Next Reunion:
31 July - 4 August 2008 at Braintree MA
Contact Name: Paul E. Pickett
Address: 4805 Greenview Lane / Hixson TN 37343
Phone: (423) 877-7727
E-mail: Paul Pickett
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 or rosters available. Please see the Frequently Asked
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Additional Resources
USS Holt web site
USS Holt unit page at Military.com
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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