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USS Stadtfeld (DE 29)

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 stars - WWII Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Evarts
Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 tons (light), 1,430 tons (full)
Length: 283' 6" (wl), 289' 5" (oa)
Beam: 35' 0" (extreme)
Draft: 11' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 kts
Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 - 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 - 1.1"/75 cal. Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 9 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 183

Stadtfeld (DE 29) Building and Operational Data:

26 November 1942: Keel laid as BDE-29 by the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, Cal.

17 May 1943: Launched

16 June 1943: Assignment to the Royal Navy cancelled, redesignated DE 29

26 August 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr Sigurd Hansen, USNR, in command

10 November 1945: Decommissioned at the Mare Island Navy Yard after 2 years and 2½ months of service

28 November 1945: Struck from the NVR

22 July 1947: Sold for scrapping to the National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, Los Angeles, Cal.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0602901	29k	Sanford Stadtfeld, the son and oldest child of Walter and Marguerite Stadtfeld was born in San Francisco, Calif., on 18 June 1917. He graduated from Lowell High School in the spring of 1935. He was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve on 10 July 1939. He was ordered to duty at the Naval Reserve Training Base, San Francisco, on 24 October 1940. He was detached to USS *Argus* (PY 14) on 08 January 1941. On 17 September, he transferred to USS *Crusader* (ARS 2) and the following month was detached for duty in USS *Pensacola* (CA 24). Stadtfeld was promoted to lieutenant on 15 June 1942 and killed in action during the Battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942. USS *Stadtfeld* (DE 29) (1943-1945) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (Photo from the yearbook, University of California Berkeley, 1939.)	David Wright Destroyer Archives Manager, Navsource
0602902	106k	17 May 1943: Vallejo, Cal. - Distinguished guests at the launching of USS *Stadtfeld* (DE 29) at Mare Island Navy Yard. Left to right: Mrs. W. L. Friedell, Rear Admiral W. L. Friedell (Mare Island Shipyard Commandant), Mrs. Louis B. Quiney (Matron of Honor) Commander Simeon L. Owen, Mrs. Simeon L. Owen (Sponsor), Captain F. G. Crisp, Mrs. Christal Murphy, Lieutenant Commander Waldo H. Stone, USN (Ret). (U.S. Navy Photo #DE-29-3633-43)	Darryl Baker PNCM, USNR (ret.) Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum
0602903	246k	17 May 1943: Vallejo, Cal. - A press photo of the christening of *Stadtfeld* by Mrs. S. L. Owen. It appears the ship was thoroughly christened as was anyone standing close by.	S. Dale Hargrave Newport News, Va.
0602908	516k	17 May 1943: Vallejo, Cal. - The future USS *Stadtfeld* (DE 29) slides down the building was after being christened. (U.S. Navy Photo #80-G-70709 from the United States National Archives)	David Wright Destroyer Archives Manager, Navsource
0602904	106k	03 July 1943: Vallejo, Cal. - *Stadtfeld* at her outfitting berth at Mare Island Navy Yard. (U.S. Navy Photo #DE-29-4843-43)	Darryl Baker PNCM, USNR (ret.) Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum
0602905	106k	0July 1943: Vallejo, Cal. - *Stadtfeld* at her outfitting berth at Mare Island Navy Yard. (U.S. Navy Photo #DE-29-4844-43)
0602906	156k	date / location unknown: A ship's portrait of USS *Stadtfeld* (DE 29). (Personal photo, Clifford D. Feak collection, courtesy of his daughter, Alice Feak-Theriault)	Robert Patrokas Las Flores, Cal.
0602907	319k	A group portrait of *Stadtfeld's officers with Captain Clifford Feak front and center. (Personal photo, Clifford D. Feak collection, courtesy of his daughter,* Alice Feak-Theriault)	Robert Patrokas Las Flores, Cal.

Stadtfeld History
View the USS Stadtfeld (DE 29) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Statdfeld as submitted by the ship at war's end.
View a short article on the design and development of the Evarts Class DE submitted by Bob Sables.

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

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 26 Aug. 1943 - 31 Dec. 1943		Lcdr. Sigurd Hansen, USNR (Comm. CO) (San Francisco, Cal.)
2.) 31 Dec. 1943 - 16 Apr. 1944		Lt. / Lcdr. Clifford D. Feak, USNR (Washington, D.C.)
3.) 16 Apr. 1944 – 13 Jun. 1945		Lt. / Lcdr. Harold V. Richard, USNR
4.) 13 Jun. 1945 – 24 Sep. 1945		Lcdr. Arthur Elliot Allen, Jr., USNR (Newark, N.J.)
5.) 24 Sep. 1945 - 14 Nov. 1945		Lcdr. Arthur D. Skillman Jr., USNR (Decomm. CO) (Ontario, Cal.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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