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USS Dionne (DE 261)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - G - W -X

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 - Asia-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 6 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

Dionne (DE 261) Building and Operational Data:

27 January 1943: Keel laid by the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass.

10 March 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Lea A. Dionne, mother of Ensign Arthur Louis Dionne

16 July 1943: Commissioned by Captain R. C. Grady, Commandant, Boston Navy Yard; Lcdr. Richard S. Paret, USNR, in command

18 January 1946: Decommissioned at San Francisco, Cal. after 2 years and 6 months of service

07 February 1946: Struck from the NVR

12 June 1947: Sold, scrapped

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
Dionne 0626102	30k	undated wartime image	-
Dionne 0626106	268k	02 January 1945: Pearl Harbor, Hi. - View of Magazine Loch at Pearl Harbor. USS *Dionne* (DE 261) & USS *McClelland* (DE 750) are seen along with an unidentified fleet submarine. Tender USS *Orion* (AS 18), and subs *Burrfish* (SS 312) and *Piper* (SS 409) are in the background. (Photo Source: LIFE Magazine Archives - W. Eugene Smith, Photographer) (Caption updated by John Chiquoine after coordinating ship's log book pages.)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
Dionne 0626103	124k	19 May 1945: Forward plan view of *Dionne* at Mare Island. (U.S. Navy Photo #DE-261-3800-45)	Darryl Baker PNCM, USNR (ret.) Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum
Dionne 0626104	110k	21 May 1945: Broadside view of *Dionne. She was in overhaul at Mare Island from 16 April until 28 May 1945. (U.S. Navy Photo* #DE-261-3811-45)
Dionne 0626105	75k	21 May 1945	Karl E. Kempe MM 3/c (1944-1945)

Dionne History View the USS Dionne (DE 261) 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. View the official War History of USS Dionne as submitted by the ship at war's end.

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

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 16 Jul. 1943 - 07 Sep. 1943	Lcdr. Richard Starr Paret, USNR (Santa Barbara, Cal.)
2.) 07 Sep. 1943 - 17 Jan. 1944	Lt. Fred E. Lawton, USNR (Newport, R.I.)
3.) 17 Jan. 1944 - 08 Sep. 1945	Lt. Hugh E. Love Jr., USNR (Boissevain, Va.)
4.) 08 Sep. 1945 - 18 Jan. 1946	Lcdr. Laurance Armistead Peters, USNR (Seattle, Wash.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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