USS Thomas F. Nickel DE 587

USS Thomas F. Nickel
DE 587 (Rudderow Class)

Authorized: ? Builder: Bethlehem Hingham, Hingham MA Laid Down: December 15 1943 Launched: January 22 1944 Commissioned: June 9 1944 Decommissioned: May 31 1946 Recommissioned: September 22 1950 Decommissioned: February 22 1958 Fate: Fate Sold September 6 1973 and broken up for scrap

We are seeking information on the USS Thomas F. Nickel and her crews. Files and photos may be emailed to us and we will incorporate them into this page. When enough information has been assembled we will then build the ship her own section.

The Rudderow Class as Constructed

Displacement: 1,450 tons (1,811 tons full load) Length: 306 feet Beam: 37 feet Draught: 13 feet 9 inches Machinery: 12,000 SHP; GE turbines with electric drive 2 screws Performance: ??? Bunkerage: ??? Range: ??? Guns: two single 5 inch 38 caliber four 40mm in two twin mounts ten 20mm machine guns, Torpedoes: one triple 21 inch mount Depth Charges: 1 hedgehog, two stern racks eight k-guns Complement: 186
In other words - small ship armed to the teeth.

Subject: USS THOMAS F. NICKEL - Philip A. Weinrich
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001
From: Mike Weinrich

Hi Mark

I visit this site all the time I think it is a great site. I'm sending you a couple of pictures my dad served on the nickel during WWII in the Philippines I don't know what his rank was of hand but I do know he was a radio operator. I'm not sure how long he served on her but I think till the war ended. Plus I have a couple more pictures one of the USS Johnson and the USS grady.

I wish my dad was still alive so I could show him this site he died in 1997, He had a lot of great stories and there is probably more picture in his photo albums that my mom has. Anyway I thought you might like to post these pictures.

Thanks Sincerely,

Mike P. Weinrich

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