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USS Smartt (DE 257)


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N - G - D - S
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/ 1 star - World War II 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
Smartt (DE 257) Building and Operational Data:
  • 10 January 1943: Keel laid by the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass.
  • 22 February 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. W. H. Thompson
  • 18 June 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr. W. B. Pendleton in command
  • 05 October 1945: Decommissioned at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. after 2 years and 3½ months of service
  • 24 October 1945: Struck from the NVR
  • 12 July 1946: Sold, scrapped
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    Smartt
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    402k 1943: off Hingham, Mass. - Two port beam views of Smartt taken in Boston Harbor while she was completing at the Boston Navy Yard.

    (U.S. Navy photo #CP-DE-257 19-N-70379 from the National Archives and Records Administration, courtesy of  Chris Wright)

    (U.S. Navy photo #CP-DE-257 19-N-70380 from the National Archives and Records Administration, courtesy of  Chris Wright)
    Ed Zajkowski
    Narvon, Pa.
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    Smartt
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    104k Smartt highlining with Walter S. Brown (DE 258) (Photo from Christopher's Dad, MM1 Christopher J. Schmitt, who was aboard Brown) Christopher J. Schmitt
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    Smartt History
    View the USS Smartt (DE 257) 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.

    Smartt's Commanding Officers
    Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves
    Dates of Command Commanding Officers
    1.) 18 Jun. 1943 - 04 Oct. 1943Lcdr. Walton Barclay Pendleton, USNR (Comm. CO)
    2.) 04 Oct. 1943 - 21 Feb. 1944Lt. Bernard H. Katschinski, USNR
    3.) 21 Feb. 1944 - 11 Mar. 1945Lt. / Lcdr. Edward R. Wepman, USNR
    4.) 11 Mar. 1945 - Lt. / Lcdr. John D. Yeomans, USNR

    Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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