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Offline brady

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« on: April 15, 2002, 03:20:34 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2002, 03:31:50 PM »
HMS  Salisbury, ex. USS Claxton DD140  (Wilkes Class) built at Mare Island. One of the 50 "flush deckers" for the Brits.

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« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2002, 08:47:22 PM »
Destroyer USS DUPONT  DD 152
Wickes Class

dp. 1,090; l. 314'6"; b. 31'8"; dr. 8'8"; s. 35 k.; cpl. 101; a. 4 4", 2 3", 4 21" tt

Ship received the PUC & 3 Battlestars for WW2 service.

She doesn't have her 4th stack so this might have been done when one set of boilers were taken out to add extra fuel tanks for N. Atlantic Convoy work.
« Last Edit: April 15, 2002, 08:51:52 PM by Jester »
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« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2002, 03:49:10 AM »
USS DUPONT DD 152, it is:)

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« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2002, 05:53:32 AM »
Oops, took the 1 as an I:o