Facts about the Dyess

  The Ship
   

 
USS Dyess - The Ship
O A K T R E E
OAKBROOK - Battle formation signal flags.
N B H U
NBHU - Coded call letters signal flags.
Class
 Gearing
Standard Displacement
 2250 Tons
Overall Length
 390 ft.
Extreme Beam
 41 ft.
Speed
 32+ knots
Crew
 331 (Officers and Enlisted)
Armament
 Six 5" 38 Caliber Dual Purpose Guns; Two Twin and Three Quad 40 mm Anti-Aircraft Mounts; Two Depth Charge Racks on Stern; Four Depth Charge K Guns; A.S.W. Hedge Hog Rockets
In a booklet titled "Dyess Days" during her Mediteranean Cruise in 1953, the editor, Lt. J.G. Richard A. Leahy dedicated the book to the men of the DYESS. I would like to reactivate this dedication, and change the last line to reflect this Internet Web Site. I'm sure Lt. Leahy would give the thumbs up for approval. Thank you Lt., wherever you are.
"Dedication"

To different people a warship means different things. To the people who build her she is a series of work orders, contracts and deadlines. To the people of our nation who see her in newsreels and magazines, she's a symbol of our national strength; To mothers and wives and sweethearts she is the dreaded craft that takes her loved ones away. But to the men who live on her; who sail on her; who eat and work and play and fight and sometimes die on her, she is much more. To them, whether they love or hate her, she is a way of life, a home, a cargo of memories. It is to these men that this website is respectfully dedicated.

Lt. J.G. Richard A. Leahy, USN