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USS Marts (DE 174)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Z - F - F

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Cannon
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1240 tons (light), 1620 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 10,800 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 / 201

Marts (DE 174) Building and Operational Data:

26 April 1943: Keel laid at the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Port Newark, N.J.

08 August 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Miss Betty Marts

03 September 1943: Commissioned at the New York Navy Yard by the Commandant, Third Naval District, Lt. Carl M. Fellows in command

20 March 1945: Decommissioned at Natal, Brazil after 1 year and 6⅔ months of service; recommissioned the same day in the Brazilian Navy as Bocaina (Be-8).

30 June 1953: Returned to U.S. control and simultaneously transferred outright to Brazil under terms of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program

20 July 1953: Struck from the NVR

1975: Sold, scrapped

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0617402	179k	undated wartime image		John Klar Somerville, N.J.
0617403	81k	undated: as the CTE ("Contratorpedeiro de Escolta" / Destroyer Escort) *Bocaina* (D-22) in service with the Brazilian Navy.		Luiz Brazil Cotta FT3 (Ret. Brazilian Navy)

Marts Memorabilia
Launch Button Courtesy of Tom Kermen

Marts History
View the USS Marts (DE 174) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Marts as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Marts' Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 03 Sep. 1943 - 06 Jan. 1944	Lt. Carl M. Fellows, USNR (Comm. CO) (Fitchburg, Mass.)
2.) 06 Jan. 1944 - 20 Mar. 1945	Lcdr. Nathaniel M. Goodhue, USNR (Decomm. CO) (Milton, Mass.)

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 Marts

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