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USS Waterman (DE 740)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Z - V - S

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 w/ 7 stars - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/ 1 star

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

Waterman (DE 740) Building and Operational Data:

24 February 1943: Keel laid at the Western Steel and Pipe Co., San Pedro, Cal.

20 June 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. June M. Waterman, the widow of Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class Waterman

30 November 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr W. B. Hinds, USNR, in command

31 May 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years and 6 months of service

18 April 1952: Struck from the NVR

21 February 1952: Transferred (MDAP) to Peru, renamed BAP Aguirre (D-2) (changed to DE-2, 1959; to DE-62, 1960)

1974: Sunk as target during Exocet Missile test

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0674002	41k	undated	DESA Archives
0674003	56k	circa 1959: BAP *Aguirre* at anchor. (Official Peruvian Navy Photo; From "Jane's Fighting Ships, 1959-60")	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0674005	67k	circa 1960: BAP *Aguirre* at anchor, location unknown. (Official Peruvian Navy Photo; From "Jane's Fighting Ships, 1961-62")
0674004	52k	as BAP *Aguirre* (DE-62), circa 1967

Waterman History
View the USS Waterman (DE 740) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Waterman as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Waterman's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 30 Jun. 1943 – .. Jun, 1944	Lcdr. W. B. Hinds, USNR
2.) .. Jun. 1944 – 10 Dec. 1945	Lcdr. John H. Stahle, USNR (San Francisco, Cal.)
3.) 10 Dec. 1945 - .. Mar. 1946	Lt.(jg) O. J. Rosasco, USNR
4.) .. Mar. 1946 – 31 May 1946	Lcdr. J. K. Longyear, USNR

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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Additional Resources

Tin Can Sailors
The U.S. Navy Memorial
The Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
The Destroyer History Foundation
Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Waterman

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