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USS Greiner (DE 37)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Y - H - P

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 - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 stars - WWII Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Evarts
Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 tons (light), 1,430 tons (full)
Length: 283' 6" (wl), 289' 5" (oa)
Beam: 35' 0" (extreme)
Draft: 11' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 kts
Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 - 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 - 1.1"/75 cal. Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 9 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 183

Greiner (DE 37) Building and Operational Data:

07 September 1942: Keel laid as BDE-37 by the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash.

20 May 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Cecily Reddin, yard cafeteria worker and the wife of PSNY outside machine shop employee Edmond O. Reddin

18 August 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr. F. S. Dowd, USNR, in command

19 November 1945: Decommissioned at Oakland, Cal. after 2 years and 3 months of service

05 December 1945: Struck from the NVR

10 February 1946: Sold to J. G. Berkit & Co., scrapped at the National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, Los Angeles, Cal.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0603702	82k	DE's 37 & 38 (*Greiner* & *Wyman) were laid down the same day during a Labor Day celebration at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1942. (Source is Seattle NARA RG-181*)	Tracy White Seattle, Wash.
0603704	131k	August 1943 - Inclining tests being conducted at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash.	John Klar Somerville, N.J.
0603703	105k	02 September 1943 - Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	John Klar Somerville, N.J.

Greiner Memorabilia
News Articles Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

Greiner History
View the USS Greiner (DE 37) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View a short article on the design and development of the Evarts Class DE submitted by Bob Sables.

Greiner's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 18 Aug. 1943 - 08 Aug. 1944	Lcdr. Frank Samuel Dowd, USNR (Comm. CO)
2.) 30 Sep. 1944 - 01 Oct. 1945	Lcdr. Loren Hall Kiser, USN (Decomm. CO) (Minneapolis, Minn.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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Additional Resources

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