USS Calcaterra DER 390

USS CALCATERRA DER 390

Photo submitted by Dwight E. Helle, IC2
Aboard December 1966 - November 1968

CALCATERRA DE 390/DER 390
Named for Machinist's Mate First Class Herbert A. Calcaterra, b. 7 April 1920, Escalon, CA;
served in POMPANO (SS-181), received Commendation 07/07/42;
KIA 4 September 1942; posthumous Silver Star

Type: FMR
Builder: BST
Keel laid 05/28/43
Launched 08/16/43
Commissioned 11/17/43
First CO: Cdr H. J. Wuensch, USCG
Decommissioned 05/01/46
Redesignated DER 10/28/54
Recommissioned 09/12/55-1973
Stricken 07/02/73
Sold 05/14/74
Unit of CortDiv 45

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with contributions by Pat Perrella and Pat Stephens, webmaster. March 2006