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USS Oswald (DE 767)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Z - Y - I
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Specifications:
Class: Cannon
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1240 tons (light), 1620 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 10,800 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 / 201
Oswald (DE 767) Building and Operational Data:
  • 1 April 1943: Keel laid by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, Fla.
  • 25 April 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Zola F. Oswald, mother of Harvey E. Oswald, MM2/c
  • 12 June 1944: Commissioned, Lt. Edward L. Patton, USNR, in command
  • 30 April 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla.
  • 1951: Transferred to the Philadelphia Reserve Group
  • 1 August 1972: Stricken from the NVR
  • 15 October 1973: Sold for scrapping
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    Oswald 118k Artist's conception of Oswald by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett, with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company, Navy Yard Associates, offers prints of most destroyers, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. ALL destroyer escorts are available in their WWII configuration. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. When you purchase artwork from them, please indicate that you heard about their work from Navsource. Navy Yard Associates
    Oswald 239k undated wartime image Don Scott
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    Robert Taylor
    ***Coffman / Oswald*** 269k Winter 1972 - Spring 1973: Philadelphia, Pa. - A view of the Inactive Ship Basin at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Looking south from the Langley Ave. side, we see Whitehall (PC-856) and another unidentified PC alongside the the Intrepid Ave. quay. Further to the right, at the Constitution Ave. quay we see Oswald, Melvin R. Nawman (DE 416), Tabberer (DE 418), Coffman (DE 191), Rizzi (DE 537), and Edward H. Allen (DE 531). Jim Cunliffe
    ***Coffman / Oswald*** 287k Winter 1972 - Spring 1973: Philadelphia, Pa. - A closer view from the corner of Intrepid Ave. and S. 16th St. Again we see Oswald, Melvin R. Nawman (DE 416), Tabberer (DE 418), and Coffman (DE 191). In this view we also see an unidentified decommissioned AGSS and Raymond (DE 341).
    View the USS Oswald (DE 767) DANFS history entry
    located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Additional Resources
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
    Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Oswald
    The Destroyer History Foundation
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