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DE-675 / APD-75 Weber


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal


Buckley Class Destroyer Escort / Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport: Laid down, 22 February 1943, as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 1 May 1943; Commissioned as USS Weber (DE-675), 30 June 1943; Designated a Charles Lawrence Class High Speed Transport (APD 75), 15 December 1944; Decommissioned January 1947, and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs FL.; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1960; Final Disposition, sunk as a target 15 July 1962; Weber earned one battle star during World War II.
Specifications: Displacement 1,400 t; Length 306' (oa); Beam 36' 10"; Draft 13' 6" (max); Speed 24 kts; Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts; Complement 186; Troop Capacity 162; Boats four LCVP landing craft; Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, three twin 40mm gun mounts, eight single 20mm gun mounts, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion, two GE turbines, (turbo-electric drive), two boilers two shafts, 12,000 shaft horsepower.
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

2003 Reunion Information
Place: Pensacola, FL.
Date: 22 to 26 September 2003
Contact: Joe Retcho
Address: 180 NE 12 AVE Apt 17C, Hallandale, FL., 33009
Phone: (954) 458-7504
E-mail: USS Weber DE675/ APD75 Reunion 2003.

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