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USS O'Toole (DE 527)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - T - U - J

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - 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

O'Toole (DE 527) Building and Operational Data:

25 September 1943: Keel laid by the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass.

02 November 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. John A. O探oole

22 January 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr. J. G. Enzensperger Jr., in command

18 October 1945: Decommissioned at Charleston, S.C. after 1 year and 9 months of service

01 November 1945: Struck from the NVR

March 1946: Sold, scrapped

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
O'Toole 0652702	60k	27 April 1944: location unknown		Billie N. Vasser GM2C and his son Gary Vasser
O'Toole 0652703	57k	27 April 1944: location unknown - A signalman aboard the U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS *O'Toole* (DE 527). (Photo by RM2c Joseph W. Matthews, U.S. Navy from Destroyer Escort Sailors Assoc.)		Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

O'Toole History View the USS O'Toole (DE 527) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

O'Toole's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 22 Jan. 1944 - 26 Aug. 1944	Lcdr. Joseph G. Enzensperger Jr., USNR (Comm. CO) (NROTC '18) (Berkeley, Cal.)
2.) 26 Aug. 1944 - 10 Oct. 1945	Lcdr. Victor Stalworth Mauldin, USN (USNA '41) (New London, Conn.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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Additional Resources

Tin Can Sailors
The U.S. Navy Memorial
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
The Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
The Destroyer History Foundation
Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS O'Toole

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