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USS Varian (DE798)


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


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars - WWII Victory Medal
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
Varian (DE798) Building and Operational Data:
  • 27 August 1943: Keel laid at the Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.
  • 6 November 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Arnold F. Brunkow, sister of the late Ens. Varian
  • 29 February 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr C. W. Petrie, USNR, in command
  • 15 March 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla.
  • 1 December 1972: Stricken
  • 2 January 1974: Sold for scrapping to the Southern Scrap Metal Co., New Orleans, La.
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    Varian 39k Lcdr Leonard A. (Bud) Myhre, Varian's first commanding officer Omer Smith
    Varian 39k Photographed operating out of Miami, Florida, summer 1945 Mr. K.R. Jameson, from the collection of Bruce A. Franklin
    Varian 18k 27 October 1945: Navy Day at New Haven, Conn. - L/R Allen Crowell RM3/C, Sid Raphael RM 3/C, Harry Rayshev RM3/C, William Nance RM 1/C, Regan RM 3/C, Jordon William F.Nance RM1
    USS Varian '44 - '46
    Varian 20k 27 October 1945: Navy Day at New Haven, Conn. - L/R 2nd Regan RM3/C, Allen Crowell
    Varian 24k 27 October 1945: Navy Day at New Haven, Conn. - Harry Ryshen, Sid Raphael, William Nance
    Varian 18k 27 October 1945: Navy Day at New Haven, Conn. - Front row, Allen Crowell, William Nance, Harry Ryshen
    Varian 21k 27 October 1945: Navy Day at New Haven, Conn. - 1st Row, Don Ellis, Sid Raphael, Allen Crowell, 2nd Row William Nance
    View the USS Varian (DE798) DANFS history entry
    located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
    Memoirs of Varian's WWII Skipper - Lcdr L.A. (Bud) Myhre
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    None
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    Additional Resources
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
    Destroyers Online - USS Varian Page
    Military.Com - USS Varian Page
    Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Varian Page
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