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USS Metivier (DE 582)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - N - U

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 stars -
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon

Specifications:
Class: Rudderow
Type: TEV (turbo-electric drive, long hull, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,450 tons (light), 1,810 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 13' 9" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 5,050 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 2 - 5"/38 Mk30, 4 - 40mm Mk1 AA (2x2), 10 x 20mm/70 Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (230 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors (40), 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks (60)
Complement: 12 / 192

Metivier (DE 582) Building and Operational Data:

24 November 1943: Keel laid by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Mass.

12 January 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Joseph Metivier, mother of Coxswain Metivier

07 April 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr. Francis Kernan, Jr., in command

01 June 1946: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. after 2 years and 2 months of service having steamed 102,396 miles

28 February 1947: Inactivation completed at San Diego, Cal., assigned to Submarine Group Two, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet

30 June 1968: Struck from the NVR

June 1969: Sold for scrapping

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0658202	83k	12 January 1944: Hingham, Mass. - The future USS *Metivier* (DE 582) slides down the building way after being christened.		Nick Tiberio Shelton, Conn.
0658203	79k	Undated Wartime Image		-

Metivier History
View the USS Metivier (DE 582) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Metivier as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Metivier's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 07 Apr. 1944 – 24 May 1944	Lcdr. Francis Kernan Jr., USNR (Comm. CO)
2.) 24 May 1944 – 01 Jun. 1946	Lcdr. Eugene Hugh Mahar, USNR (Decomm. CO) (USNA '32)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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