USS BRIDGET DE-1024

USS BRIDGET DE-1024

Submarines Beware

Built by Puget Sound Barge and Dredging Co.Seattle, Washington.Cost $12.5 Million.Keel Laid September 19 1955.Launched April 25 1956.Commissioned October 24 1957.Decommissioned November 12 1973.Length 314 feet, 6 inches. Extreme Beam 36 feet, 9 inches.Armament 3"/50 caliber twin rapid fire gun mount forward,1 40mm mount aft & 6 anti-submarine Mk 32 Torpedo Tubes amidships.2 Foster-Wheeler Boilers.1 De Laval Geared Turbine.20,000 SHP.1 Shaft.Max Speed 28 Knots.Crew 12 Officers 161 Enlisted.NRF Crew 10 Officers 100 Enlisted supplemented by approximately 60 Selected Reservists from the Seattle area.

13 UNIT AWARDS

ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL (6) & VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL (7)

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

12-SEP-1958 26-SEP-1958 H Taiwan

05-AUG-1964 23-AUG-1964 I Vietnam

01-SEP-1964 15-SEP-1964 I

01-OCT-1964 14-OCT-1964 I

05-NOV-1964 10-NOV-1964 I

22-NOV-1964 24-NOV-1964 I

Vietnam Service Medals

26-FEB-1966 25-MAR-1966

25-JUN-1966 03-JUL-1966