USS Varian, a 1400-ton Buckley class escort ship, was built at Orange, Texas. Commissioned in February 1944, she escorted Atlantic convoys during March-November 1944, and was then assigned to "hunter-killer" duty. On 16 January 1945, Varian and the other ships of her group sank the German submarine U-248. They repeated the feat on 24 April, when they located, forced to the surface and sank with gunfire the U-546, which had earlier sunk USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136). When Germany surrendered in early May, Varian boarded and escorted U-805 to the U.S. Later in that month, she moved to Miami, Florida, to train newly-commissioned officers, a job completed in early September. After brief service at New London, Connecticut, she steamed south to Green Cove Springs, Florida, in November 1945 and decommissioned there in March 1946. Varian remained in the Reserve Fleet until December 1972, when she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. She was sold for scrapping in January 1974.
This page features all our views of USS Varian (DE-798), and provides information on other images.
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In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Varian (DE-798). The following list features some of these images:
The images listed below are NOT in
the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our
page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".
Launching ceremonies for USS Varian (DE-798), at the Consolidated Steel Company shipyard, Orange, Texas, on 6 November 1943. These views show people only, including the ship's Sponsor, Mrs. Arnold F. Brunkow. Launching ceremonies for USS Varian (DE-798), at the Consolidated Steel Company shipyard, Orange, Texas, on 6 November 1943. This view shows the ship as she was launched.
Reproductions of these images should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center. The images listed in this box are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions". |
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
15 January 2001