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USS Varian (DE 798)

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 (DE 798) Building and Operational Data:

27 August 1943: Keel laid by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.

06 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

16 January 1945: Varian, in company with Otter (DE 210), Hubbard (DE 211), and Hayter (DE 212) sank the German submarine U-248 NNE of the Azores

25 October 1945: Celebrated Navy Day at New Haven, Conn. in company with Eugene A. Green (DD 711), Tarpon (SS 175), Plunger (SS 179), Knave (AM 256), and LST 506

15 March 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years and ½ month of service

01 December 1972: Struck from the NVR

02 January 1974: Sold for scrapping to the Southern Scrap Metal Co., New Orleans, La.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0679802	39k	Photographed operating out of Miami, Florida, summer 1945	Mr. K. R. Jameson, from the collection of Bruce A. Franklin
798b.htm	---k	27 October 1945: New Haven, Conn. - *Varian* celebrates Navy Day, 1945. Additional Crew Photos taken on Navy Day	William F. Nance RM1c, USS Varian
0679803	97k	Lcdr. Leonard A. (Bud) Myhre, *Varian*'s wartime commanding officer	Omer Smith

Varian History
View the USS Varian (DE 798) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Varian as submitted by the ship at war's end.
Memoirs of Varian's WWII Skipper - Lcdr L.A. (Bud) Myhre

Varian's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 29 Feb 1944 – 11 Aug. 1944	Lcdr. Clarence Walker Petrie, USNR (Comm. CO) (USNA ‘35) (Charlotte, N.C.)
2.) 11 Aug. 1944 - .. Dec. 1945	Lcdr. Leonard Allison Myhre, USNR (NROTC ‘39) (Seattle, Wash.)
3.) .. Dec. 1945 – .. Jan. 1946	Lcdr. John Reginald Beardall, Jr., USN (USNA ‘41) (Berryville, Va.)
4.) .. Feb. 1946 – 15 Mar. 1946	Lt. Glen W. Wagner, USNR (Decomm. CO)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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Additional Resources

Tin Can Sailors
The U.S. Navy Memorial
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
The Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
The Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online - USS Varian Page
Military.Com - USS Varian Page

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