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USS Marchand (DE 249)
Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Z - N - F
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Specifications:
Class: Edsall
Type: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1200 tons (light), 1590 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 20' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 9,100 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: 8 / 201
Marchand (DE 249) Building and Operational Data:
30 December 1942: Keel laid at the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.
30 March 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Charles D. Marchand, mother of Fireman First Class Marchand
08 September 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr. Gilbert I. Lynch, USCG, in command
15 April 1947: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 3 years and 7 months of service
02 January 1971: Struck from the NVR
30 January 1974: Sold for scrapping
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Robert Allwein
PO1, USCG |
Marchand
Memorabilia
Auction Offering
Booklet 02 March 1973
Marchand Courtesy of
Tim Rizzuto and
Ed Zajkowski
Marchand History
View the USS Marchand (DE 249) DANFS history entry located on
the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
Marchand's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler |
| Dates of Command |
Commanding Officers |
| 1.) 08 Sep. 1943 - 18 Sep. 1944 | Lcdr. / Cmdr. Gilbert Irving Lynch, USCG (USCGA '32) |
| 2.) 18 Sep. 1944 - 18 Sep. 1945 | Lcdr. Maynard Fling Young, USCG (USCGA '37) (Glenville, W.V.) |
| 3.) 18 Sep. 1945 - 29 Sep. 1945 | Lt. Frederick T. Carney, USCGR (Memphis, Tenn.) |
| 4.) 29 Sep. 1945 - 25 Sep. 1946 | Lt. Hugh Ferrell Lusk, USCG (Danielson, Conn.) |
| 5.) 25 Sep. 1946 - 15 Apr. 1947 | Lcdr. William Lee Vaughen, USN (Monesson, Pa.) |
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Robert C. Allwein (DE 249 Events Coordinator)
Address: 200 St. Luke Dr. (#424)
City/State: Lititz PA 17543
Phone: (717) 627-3413
Note About Contacts
Contact information is compiled from various sources over a period of time and may, or may not, be correct. Every effort has been
made to list the newest contact. However, our entry
is only as good as the latest information that's been sent to us. We list only
a contact for the ship if one has been sent to us. We do NOT have crew lists, rosters, or deck logs
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