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USS Varian (DE 798)

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
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 27 August 1943
Launched 6 November 1943, Commissioned 29 February 1944
Decommissioned 15 March 1946, Stricken 1 December 1972
Fate: sold for scrapping 2 January 1974 to 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 CT - 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
Varian 20k 27 October 1945: Navy Day at New Haven CT - L/R 2nd Regan RM3/C, Allen Crowell William F.Nance
Varian 24k 27 October 1945: Navy Day at New Haven CT - Harry Ryshen, Sid Raphael, William Nance William F.Nance
Varian 18k 27 October 1945: Navy Day at New Haven CT - Front row, Allen Crowell, William Nance, Harry Ryshen William F.Nance
Varian 21k 27 October 1945: Navy Day at New Haven CT - 1st Row, Don Ellis, Sid Raphael, Allen Crowell, 2nd Row William Nance William F.Nance
View the USS Varian (DE 798), DANFS history entry
located on the Haze Gray & Underway 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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