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USS Weeden (DE-797)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: N Y S W

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 Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 18 August 1943, Launched 27 October 1943
Commissioned 19 February 1944, Decommissioned 9 May 1946
Assigned to Reserve Training Duty (11th Naval District), 20 November 1946
Recommissioned (in reserve) 26 May 1950
Decommissioned 26 February 1958, Stricken 30 June 1968

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Fate: sold for scrapping 27 October 1969 to Zidell Explorations, Inc of Portland OR

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	22k	undated wartime image		Jerry Church
	91k	Photo taken at Avalon, Catalina Island, in 1951. Our division was USS Goss, USS John C Butler, and USS Weeden. I was Supply Officer on the Goss at the time.		Dorcey D. Beard
	65k	undated Korean War image		Bill Tennison, Korean War crewmember

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View the USS Weeden (DE-797), DANFS history entry
located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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Next Reunion:
25 - 28 September 2005 at Wilmington NC
Contact: Weeden Web Site

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