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USS Kyne (DE 744)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Z - W - I

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/ 5 stars - World War II Victory Medal
Second Row: Navy Occupation Service Medal - National Defense Service 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

Kyne (DE 744) Building and Operational Data:

16 April 1943: Keel laid at the Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Pedro, Calif.

15 August 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Alma Marion Kyne, widow of Ens. Kyne

04 April 1944: Commissioned, Cmdr. A. Jackson Jr., USNR, in command

14 June 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years and 2⅓ months of service

29 May 1947: Placed "in service, in reserve", assigned to NRT, 3rd Naval District, at Ft. Schuyler, Bronx, N.Y.

29 November 1949: Transported members of the Central N.J. Military Order of the World Wars from Jersey City N.J. to West Point, N.Y. for the Army-VMI footbal game

21 November 1950: Recommissioned at New York City, N.Y., Lcdr. Carl L. Scherrer in command, assigned to NRT, 3rd Naval District, at the New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y.

17 June 1960: Decommissioned at the U. S. Naval Supply Depot, Bayonne, N. J. after 13 years and ⅔ month of service; custody to CO, New York Group, U. S. Atlantic Reserve Fleet

01 August 1972: Struck from the NVR with a total of 15 years and 3 months of service

01 November 1973: Sold for scrapping

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0674404	157k	undated wartime image, *Kyne* comes alongside an unidentified ship. (U.S. Navy photo #N-12783, from the Elliott Glassman collection)	John N. Adriani, Sr. Shelton, Conn.
0674402	25k	undated postwar image	Jerry Church
0674403	142k	date unknown: New York NY - *Kyne* heading south on the East River in New York City. She's just around the bend and south of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. (Photo from the Elliott Glassman collection)	John N. Adriani, Sr. Shelton, Conn.
0674415	226k	01 April 1953: The Atlantic Ocean - USS *Kyne* (DE 744) underway at sea. Photograph was taken from a Naval Air Station New York plane. (U.S. Navy Photo #80-G-481122from the United States National Archives)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0651003	118k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - *Heyliger* (DE 510), *Kyne, and Snyder* (DE 745) on a port visit to the U.S. Sub Base in the Virgin Islands.	Rod Sienkiewicz
0674405	155k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - Taken from *Heyliger, Kyne*'s forward 3" gun mount, Mt. 31.
0674406	132k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - Taken from *Heyliger, Kyne*'s forward 3" gun mount, Mt. 31 and hedgehogs.
0674407	166k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - Taken from *Heyliger, Kyne*'s forward 3" gun mount, Mt. 31, hedgehogs and floater nets.
0674408	128k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - Taken from *Heyliger, Kyne*'s second 3" gun mount, Mt. 32.
0674409	135k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - Taken from *Heyliger, Kyne*'s bridge and forward 20mm gun mount.
0674410	165k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - Taken from *Heyliger, Kyne*'s motor whaleboat.
0674411	144k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - Taken from *Heyliger, Kyne*'s covered portside 20mm guns.
0674412	129k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - Taken from *Heyliger, Kyne*'s portside aft, showing her depth charges, aft 3" and 40mm gun mounts.
0674413	125k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - Taken from *Heyliger, Kyne*'s port side depth charge rack.
0651009	129k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - sailors enjoying swim call off *Kyne*'s fantail.
0674414	318k	Winter 1972 - Spring 1973: Philadelphia, Pa. - Two decommissioned DE's at the Inactive Ship Basin of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility. Pierside is *Earl K. Olsen* (DE 765), *Kyne* is outboard of her.	Jim Cunliffe Frederica, Del.
0641917	480k	October 1973: Philadelphia, Pa. - Looking across the reserve ship basin at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, we see the ex-*Robert F. Keller* (DE 419) in line with ex-*Chester T. O'Brien* (DE 421), ex-*Edward H. Allen* (DE 531), ex-*Rizzi* (DE 537), ex-*Kyne* (DE 744) and ex-*Earl K. Olsen* (DE 765). (Heilenday photo #II 0423A from the Heilenday Collection)	Mark Heilenday Virginia Beach, Va, Captain, USN (ret.) June 1974 - July 2004

Kyne Memorabilia
Kyne's WWII Travel Map Courtesy of John Adriani Sr.	Ship's Christmas Card Courtesy of Tommy Trampp

Kyne History
View the USS Kyne (DE 744) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Kyne as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Kyne's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 04 Apr. 1944 - 25 Jul. 1944	Cmdr. Alexander Jackson Jr., USNR (Comm. CO) (USNA '25) (Pascagoula, Miss.) (ret. as Radm.)
2.) 25 Jul. 1944 – 11 Aug. 1945	Lcdr. Carroll F. Sweet Jr., USNR (Park Forest, Ill.)
3.) 11 Aug. 1945 – 23 Nov. 1945	Lcdr. Zebulon Hopkins Stafford, USNR (enl. ‘40 / OCS ‘41) (Cordova, Md.)
4.) 23 Nov. 1945 – .. Apr. 1946	Lt. William S. Nebe, USNR (St. Louis, Mo.)
5.) .. Apr. 1946 – 14 Jun. 1946	Lt.(jg) James F. Mulvaney, USNR (Decpmm. CO) (Chicago, Ill.)
6.) 21 Nov. 1950 -	Cmdr. Carl Leonard Scherrer (Recomm. CO) (Seattle, Wash.)
8.) .. Mar. 1954 - 27 Apr. 1956	Cmdr. Elton Levi Sumrall (Laurel, Miss.)
9.) 27 Apr. 1956 - 10 May 1957	Lcdr. George Monroe Wrocklage (USNA '44) (Hackensack, N.J.)
10.) 10 May 1957 - 24 Oct. 1958	Lcdr. Frederick John Kelley (USNA ‘45) (Charlestown, Mass.)
11.) 24 Oct. 1958 – 12 Nov. 1959	Lcdr. Ralph Leonard Volk Jr. (USNA ‘45) (Pittsfield, Mass.)
12.) 12 Nov. 1959 – 17 Jun. 1960	Lcdr. William Henry Glye (Decomm. CO) (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Robert W. Schmidle
Address: 4223 73rd Terrace East
City/State: Sarasota FL 34243
Phone: (941) 355-1935
E-mail: Robert Schmidle

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