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USS Cates (DE 763)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Z - X - Z

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
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal

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

Cates (DE 763) Building and Operational Data:

01 March 1943: Keel laid at the Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, Fla.

19 October 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. P. Dyer

15 December 1943: Commissioned at Lee Terminal Dock, Tampa, Fla., Lt. G. A. Prouse, USNR, in command

28 March 1947: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 3 years and 3½ months of service

11 November 1950: To France (MAP), renamed Soudanais (F.722), stricken and scrapped in 1959

20 December 1950: Struck from the NVR

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0676308	539k	28 November 1944: New York Harbor - Taken off the New York Navy Yard. (U.S. Navy photo from the National Archives, courtesy of Chris Wright)	Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.
0676307	530k	08 June 1945: New York Harbor - Taken by an aircraft from the New York Naval Air Station at a 300-ft. altitude. USS *Cates* is undergoing an overhaul at the New York Navy Yard. She received a fog oil smoke generator and two 40-mm twin mounts. The Mk 4 20-mm gun mounts were replaced by the new, lightweight Mk 10 mounts, and she also had the British Type 147B sonar installed. (U.S. Navy photo from the National Archives, courtesy of Chris Wright)	Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.
0676302	70k	At sea, June 1945	-
0676303	70k	Undated Wartime Image	Carole Galzarano for her Dad, Nicholas Galzarano MoMM2, USS Cates, '43-'45
0676304	70k	Undated Wartime Image
0676305	53k	circa 1951: as *Soudanais* (F.722)	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0676306	69k	date / location unknown: *Soudanais* (F-722, ex-USS Cates DE 763) underway. (Photo by A. & J. Pavia, Valletta, Malta; from "Jane's Fighting Ships, 1961-62")	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Cates History
View the USS Cates (DE 763) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

Cates' Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 15 Dec. 1943 – 08 Oct. 1944	Lt. / Lcdr. George Ash Prouse, USNR (Comm. CO) (Wilmington, Del.)
2.) 08 Oct. 1944 – 20 Oct. 1945	Lcdr. Thomas Nash Broaddus, USNR (Richmond, Va.)
3.) 20 Oct. 1945 – 04 Apr. 1946	Lcdr. Ronald F. Beaman, USNR
4.) 04 Apr. 1946 – .. .... 1946	Lcdr. George B. Gross, USNR
5.) .. .... 1946 – 28 Mar. 1947	Lcdr. J. C. Doyle, USN (Decomm. CO)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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