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USS Gillette (DE 681)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - K - Y - U

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: Buckley
Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1400 tons (light), 1740 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 6,000 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 / 198

Gillette (DE681) Building and Operational Data:

24 August 1943: Keel laid by the Bethlehem Steel (Fore River Yard) Shipyard, Inc., Quincy, Mass.

25 September 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Pearl M. Gillette, mother of Lt.(jg) Douglas Wiley Gillette

27 October 1943: Commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard, Cmdr. T. G. Murrell, USNR, commanding

03 February 1947: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. after 3 years and 3 months of service

01 December 1972: Struck from the NVR

11 September 1973: Sold, scrapped

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	155k	June 1944 (U.S. Navy photo)		-
	267k	circa 1960: San Diego, Cal. - U .S. Navy Reserve Fleet ships berthed at Naval Base San Diego, California. Ships include (l-r): USS *Charles J. Kimmel* (DE 584), USS *Richey* (DE 385), USS *Bivin* (DE 536), USS *Gillette* (DE 681) and USS *Bull* (APD 78) (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 72678 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)		Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Gillette History
View the USS Gillette (DE 681) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Gillette as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Gillette's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 27 Oct. 1943 - 14 Apr. 1944	Cmdr. T. G. Murrell, USNR (Comm. CO) (Los Angeles, Cal.)
2.) 14 Apr. 1944 - 17 Dec. 1945	Lcdr. / Cmdr. James W. Daniel Jr., USNR (Claxton, Ga.)
3.) 17 Dec. 1945 - .. .... 1946	Lcdr. Robert S. Bruns, USNR
4.) .. .... 1946 - .. .... ....	Lcdr. Kenneth Barth Brown, USN (Evanston, Ill.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Warren F. Szczypiorski
Address: 1239 Woodside Road
City/State: Conshohocken PA 19428
Phone: (610) 825-5469
E-mail: Warren Szczypiorski

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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 Gillette

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