USS Varian DE 798 Information Page

USS Varian
DE 798 (Buckley Class)

Builder: Consolidated Shipbuilding, Orange Texas Laid Down: August 27, 1943 Launched: November 6, 1943 Commissioned: February 29, 1944 Decommissioned: Fate: Stricken December 1, 1972

We are seeking information on the USS Varian 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 Buckley Class as Constructed

Displacement: 1,432 tons Length: 306 feet Beam: 37 feet Draught: 11 feet 3 inches Machinery: two Foster-Wheeler, Babcock & Wilcox or Combustion Engineering boilers; 2-shaft G.E.C. turbines Performance: 12,000 shp for 23 knots Bunkerage: 340 tons Range: 5,000 nautical miles at 15 knots Guns: three 3 inch; four 1.1 inch; eight 20 mm Torpedoes: three 21 inch

From: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 03:13:59 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: varian de 798

Hello there,

My name is Steve Siculan and I live in Chicago. During WWII my grandfather, Earle D. Stevenson, was serving in the navy on the USS Varian. I know he was on board when the German U 805 was captured, but I know little else about the type of missions in which the Varian was involved. My grandfather passed away in 1988 and the records of his naval career are somewhat non-existant. My grandmother is incapacitated in a nursing home and is unable to remember anything with any clarity. My family knows the name of his ship, but little else. Any help in this matter would be very generous of you and will help solve a little family mystery.

Gratefully yours,

Steve Siculan [email protected]

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