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USS Muir (DE 770)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Z - Y - Q

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - World War II Victory 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

Muir (DE 770) Building and Operational Data:

01 June 1943: Keel laid by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, Fla.

04 June 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Witten H. McConnochie, sister of the late Lieutenant (jg.) Muir

30 August 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr. Theodore A. O’Gorman, USNR, in command

27 October 1945: Visited Houston, Tex, to represent the Navy at the country's huge post-war Navy Day Celebration in company with CL-81, DD-888, DD-889, SS-260, SS-268, and SS-484.

September 1947: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 3 years of service

02 February 1956: Transferred (MAP) to South Korea at the Boston Naval Shipyard, renamed ROKS Kyong Ki (F-71)

15 November 1974: Struck from the NVR

28 December 1977: Struck from the ROK Navy, transferred to the Philippines for cannibalization

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0677004	160k	30 August 1944: Tampa, Fla. - USS *Muir* commissioning, Cap't Doggett reads *Muir*'s commissioning orders.	Tom Hayden
0677005	177k	30 August 1944: Tampa, Fla. - USS *Muir* commissioning, CO Lt. Theodore A. O'Gorman (sooon to be Lcdr.) reads *Muir*'s commissioning orders.
0677006	171k	30 August 1944: Tampa, Fla. - USS *Muir*'s commanding officer leads his crew saluting the raising of the ship's colors for the first time.
0677007	153k	30 August 1944: Tampa, Fla. - USS *Muir*'s crew portrait.
0677008	195k	30 August 1944: Tampa, Fla. - USS *Muir*'s officers portrait (Tom's Dad, Ensign Jack Hayden is on the far right).
0677009	149k	30 August 1944: Tampa, Fla. - USS *Muir*'s first portrait after being commissioned.
0677002	44k	1945: *Muir* nested with *Carter* (DE 112), *Sutton* (DE 771), and *Neal A. Scott* (DE 769)	Nick Tiberio
0677003	68k	date and location unknown. (Photo by Kathleen's grandfather, Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST 506)	Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
	149k	Undated photo of ROKS *Kyong Ki* (F-71). The ship, ex-USS *Muir* (DE 770), was transferred to Korea in 1956. (U.S. Navy photo #NH 45332 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)	Mike Green

Muir History
View the USS Muir (DE 770) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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Additional Resources

Tin Can Sailors
The U.S. Navy Memorial
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
The Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
The Destroyer History Foundation

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