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USS Kyne (DE 744)

CLASS: Cannon TYPE: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,240 tons (std) 1,620 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 11' 8" (max)
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
Machinery: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 201
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Western Pipe, San Pedro CA on 16 April 1943, Launched 15 August 1943
Commissioned 4 April 1944, Decommissioned 14 June 1946
Placed "In Service, In Reserve", assigned to NRT at Ft. Schuyler NY, 1947
Recommissioned 21 November 1950, Decommissioned 17 June 1960
Stricken 1 August 1972
Fate: sold for scrapping 1 November 1973
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Kyne 157k undated wartime image, Kyne comes alongside an unidentified ship. (US Navy photo #N-12783, from the Elliott Glassman collection) John Adriani, Sr.
Kyne 25k undated postwar image Jerry Church
Kyne 142k date unknown: New York NY - Kyne heading south on the East River in New York City. She's just around the bend and south of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. (Photo from the Elliott Glassman collection) John Adriani, Sr.
View the USS Kyne (DE 744), DANFS history entry located
on the US Naval Historical Center website.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Robert W. Schmidle
Address: 4223 73rd Terrace East / Sarasota FL 34243
Phone: (941) 355-1935
E-mail: Robert Schmidle
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