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USS Wingfield (DE 194)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - P - D - Q

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: 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

Wingfield (DE 194) Building and Operational Data:

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

30 December 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. E. E. Wingfield

28 January 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr H. E. Purdy in command

26 August 1947: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 3 years and 7 months of service

15 September 1950: Transferred to France under terms of the Military Defense Assistance Program, renamed Sakalave (F-720) (Sold, scrapped 1960)

20 October 1950: Stuck from the NVR

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0619402	200k	May 1945: USS *Wingfield* (DE 194) underway somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.	John Adriani All photos in this series from the collection of Al VanWagner
0619403	139k	1945: Port side view
0619404	184k	1945: Port side view
0619408	147k	1945: A stormy day on the Pacific Ocean in 1945. Photo looking aft down the port side, and the main deck is awash.
0619409	159k	1945: Plowing through a stormy Pacific Ocean.
0619410	162k	1945: Deckhands pulling a breeching line under the supervision of Lt. Clark while transferring supplies, mail and movies with the adjacent ship.
0619411	191k	1945: The Jersey crew on the aft 40mm. WWII had just ended since battle helmets are not obvious, and *Wingfield* was heading home to the reserve fleet.
0619405	187k	1946: Aerial view of *Wingfield* at anchor during an ammo off load at the Earle Naval Ammunition Depot, Leonardo, NJ. A tug and a barge belonging to Amboy Towing are on the starboard side, with a second unidentified tug-like personnel ferry along the port side. (U.S. Navy Photo #N-11105)
0619406	159k	1946: as above, ammo offload continues.
0619407	179k	1946: as above, ammo offload continues.

Wingfield Memorabilia
Launch Button Courtesy of Tom Kermen

Wingfield History
View the USS Wingfield (DE 194) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

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

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 28 Jan. 1944 - 04 Oct. 1944	Lcdr. Howard E. Purdy, USNR (Comm. CO)
2.) 04 Oct. 1944 - 01 Oct. 1945	Lcdr. Robert C. Jeorg III, USNR
3.) 01 Oct. 1945 - 01 Jan. 1946	Lt. Francis W. Wineinger, USNR
4.) 01 Jan. 1946 - 01 Apr. 1946	Lt. Harry B. Dowley, USNR
5.) 01 Apr. 1946 - 15 Jun. 1946	unsigned muster sheet (Decomm.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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