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USS Currier (DE 700)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - T - R - O

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row: Korean Service Medal w/ 1 star - United Nations Korean Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service 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

Currier (DE 700) Building and Operational Data:

21 July 1943: Keel laid by the Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich.

14 October 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. R. N. Currier, widow of Lieutenant Currier

01 February 1944: Commissioned at Todd Johnson Shipyard, Algiers, La., Cmdr. A. L. Lind, USNR, in command

At war's end, Currier was assigned to the Pacific Fleet Cruiser-Destroyer Force at San Diego, Cal.

04 April 1960: Decommissioned at San Francisco, Cal. after 16 years and 2 months of service

01 December 1966: Struck from the NVR

11 July 1967: Sunk as target off California

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0670001	63k	Roger Noon Currier was born in Portland, Oregon on 20 April 1913. Appointed midshipman in 1933, he graduated from the Naval Academy on 3 June 1937. After serving in USS *Salt Lake City* (CA 25), he was assigned to the staff of Admiral Norman Scott as Communications Officer on 20 October 1942. While embarked in USS *Atlanta* (CL 51) on this duty, he was killed during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on the night of 13 November 1942. Lieutenant Currier shared posthumously in the Presidential Unit Citation awarded to *Atlanta; the Bronze Star; and also received a Purple Heart. USS Currier* (DE 700) (1944-1960) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (Photo Courtesy of the United States Naval Academy)	Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal. Assoc. Researcher Navsource
0670011	276k	26 March 1944: the Atlantic Ocean - *Currier, at sea almost two months after her commissioning. She was photographed near the Boston Navy Yard. (U.S. Navy photo #*CP-DE-700 19-LCM from the National Archives and Records Administration, courtesy of Chris Wright)	Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.
0670002	121k	undated wartime image	-
0670006	104k	25 August 1947: San Francisco, Cal. - Stern view of USS *Currier* (DE 700) at the South end of Mare Island. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-700-1575-47)	Darryl Baker PNCM, USNR (ret.) Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum
0670007	65k	25 August 1947: San Francisco, Cal. - Broadside view of *Currier* at the South end of Mare Island. She was in overhaul at the yard from 24 June to 08 September 1947. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-700-1577-47)
0670008	97k	25 August 1947: San Francisco, Cal. - Bow on view of *Currier* at the South end of Mare Island. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-700-1579-47)
0670012	107k	circa 1950: USS *Currier* underway showing post-war conversion to 5"/38 cal. mountings. Note the entirely new bridge structure, extended aft to funnel, plus a new round tub in the former torpedo tube position. Hedgehog is in No.2 position, displacing the forward 20 mm Oerlikons, but the after 20 mm Oerlikon guns have been retained, with two extra quad 40 mm Bofors mounting. (Real Photographs)	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0670003	103k	Summer 1951: San Diego, Cal. - a young, sleek Roy Thomas stands in front of USS *Currier* (DE 700), moored at San Diego Fleet Sonar School's "Long Dock."	Roy Thomas
0670004	41k	Summer 1951: San Diego, Cal. - Roy Thomas is "sittin' on the dock of the bay" in front of *Currier* and USS *LeRay Wilson* (DE 414). Both ships often served as the sonar school's "school ship."	Roy Thomas
0670005	35k	25 May 1953: *Currier* underway (Photo © Atlantic Fleet Sales)	Nobe Smith Atlantic Fleet Sales Norfolk, Va.
0670009	124k	date / location unknown (Photo © W.H. Allen)	Nick Tiberio Shelton, Conn.
0670014	337k	undated postwar image: USS *Currier* (DE 700). (U.S. Navy photo # L45-70.01.01 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)	Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Archive Manager DE / FF / LCS Archive Navsource
0602102311	34k	circa 1959 - 1960: USS *Lewis* (DE 535), *Currier, USS Evans* (DE 1023), and USS *Wiseman* (DE 667)	-
0670010	209k	circa 1959: an unknown port - USS *Currier* (DE 700) entering or leaving an unknown harbour. (U.S. Navy Photo scanned at the U.S. National Archives, San Bruno Branch, March 2008)	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0670013	215k	circa 1959: *Currier* is shown passing Point Loma outbound from San Diego. This appears to be a ship portrait from Marine Photos of San Diego, Cal.	Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Archive Manager DE / FF / LCS Archive Navsource

Currier History
View the USS Currier (DE 700) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

Currier's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 01 Feb. 1944 - 01 Jun. 1944	Cmdr. Alfred L. Lind, USNR (Detroit Lakes, Minn.)
2.) 01 Jun. 1944 – 10 May 1945	Lcdr. / Cmdr. Robert McAfee, USNR (USNA ‘33) (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
3.) 10 May 1945 - .. Oct. 1945	Lcdr. Russell J. Garnaus, USNR
4.) .. Oct. 1945 - .. Feb. 1946	Lcdr. Walter Tupitza, USNR (Chicago, Ill.)
5.) .. Feb. 1946 - .. Mar. 1946	Lcdr. Albert D. Jordan, USNR
6.) .. Mar. 1946 - .. Nov. 1946	Lcdr. Robert Kepler Slaymaker Jr., USN
7.) .. Nov. 1946 - .. Jul. 1947	Lcdr. Charles Edward Dunston, USN (Los Angeles, Cal.)
8.) .. Jul. 1947 - .. Mar. 1949	Lcdr. Benjamin Hill Stough Jr., USN
9.) .. Mar. 1949 - .. Mar. 1950	Lcdr. Gordon Ansell Harrison, USN
10.) .. Mar. 1950 – 21 Nov. 1951	Lcdr. Scott Lothrop, USN (USNA ‘40) (Springfield, Mass.)
11.) 21 Nov. 1951 - .. Aug. 1953	Lcdr. David Fowler Loomis (Aurora, Ill.)
12.) .. Aug. 1953 – 10 Jun. 1955	Lcdr. James Davis Oliver Jr., USN (USNA ‘43) (Birmingham, Ala.)
13.) 10 Jun. 1955 - .. Jul. 1956	Lcdr. William Robert Monroe Jr., USN
14.) .. Jul. 1956 - .. Oct. 1957	Lcdr. Joe E. Chambliss, USN (Norfolk, Va.)
15.) .. Oct. 1957 - .. Dec. 1958	Lcdr. Nelson Wendel Sanders, USN (Protection, Kan.)
16.) .. Dec. 1958 - .. Nov. 1959	Lcdr. Patrick Francis Hussey, USN (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
17.) .. Nov. 1959 – 04 Apr. 1960	Lcdr. John Michael Ferrante, USN (Centerville, Cal.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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