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USS Neuendorf (DE 200)

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

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 stars - WWII Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon

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

Neuendorf (DE 200) Building and Operational Data:

15 February 1943: Keel laid by the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

01 June 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Edna Rose Morton, sister of W. F. Neuendorf, Jr., S1c

18 October 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr. Jasper N. McDonald in command

14 May 1946: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. after 2 years and 7 months of service, having steamed 108,000 miles

27 June 1946: Inactivation completed at San Diego, Cal., assigned to Submarine Group Two, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet

01 July 1967: Struck from the NVR

30 November 1967: Sunk as target off California

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0620005	297k	01 June 1943: Charleston Navy Yard, S.C. - The future USS *Neuendorf* being christened by Mrs. Edna Rose Morton, sister of Seaman Neuendorf.	S. Dale Hargrave Newport News, Va.
0620002	127k	01 June 1943: Charleston Navy Yard, S.C. - Another view of *Neuendorf* being christened by Mrs. Edna Rose Morton.	Janet Kensicki niece of William F. Neuendorf Jr.
0620003	71k	undated newspaper clipping	Janet Kensicki niece of William F. Neuendorf Jr.
0620007	70k	28 August 1944: Nouméa, New Caledonia - *Neuendorf* hadd arrived in Great Road Harbor on 220 August and had been granted an alongside availability to undergo voyage repairs. She refueled on 29 August and departed on 31 August for Purvis Bay at Florida Island in the Solommons. (U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo #80-G-479875, courtesy of the late C. Lee Johnson (USNDazzle.com) from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.)	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0620004	56k	August 1944	John Klar Somerville, N.J.
0620006	75k	28 August 1944: Starboard bow view of USS *Neuendorf* (DE 200) at Noumea. On 20 August, the ship completed escort and patrol duties around the Hollandia, Wakde and Biak area. *Neuendorf* carries Measure 31/14D camouflage scheme. (U.S. Navy Photo #80-G-479676 from the United States National Archives, courtesy of C. Lee Johnson at USN Dazzle)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.

Neuendorf History
View the USS Neuendorf (DE 200) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Neuendorf as submitted by the ship at war's end.

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

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 08 Oct. 1943 - 12 Oct. 1944	Lcdr. Jasper Newton McDonald Jr. (Comm. CO) (USNA ‘36) (Douglas, Ga.) (ret. as Radm.)
2.) 12 Oct. 1944 - 01 Oct. 1945	Lcdr. Robert Channing Barlow, USNR
3.) 17 Nov. 1944 – 08 Jan. 1946	Lt. J. N. Townsend, USNR
4.) 08 Jan. 1946 - 26 Jan. 1946	Lt.(jg) Floyd, USNR
5.) 26 Jan. 1946 - 14 May 1946	Lt. Richard de Stackelberg, USN

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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