USS Basilone DDE/DD 824
A Gearing Class Destroyer
The Greyhounds of the Fleet
Commissioned 26 July 1949 - Decommissioned 1 November 1977
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USS Basilone DDE/DD-824 2026 Reunion
If you are thinking about attending this year’s USS Basilone Association Reunion in New Orleans, LA, Monday, September 28 through Friday, October 2. Please click on the link below for more information on the Basilone Website’s Reunion Page.
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USS Basilone DDE/DD-824 2026 Reunion
Save the Date
The 2026 reunion will be held in New Orleans, LA, from Monday September 28 to Friday October 2.
The host hotel is Homewood Suites by Hilton French Quarter. The nightly hotel rate is $159 + tax. If you ever thought about going to New Orleans for a short vacation, here’s your chance. We have arranged with the hotel to honor the discounted rate two days before and two days after the reunion.
The reunion committee is working out the final details of activities and will publish them sometime in March or April.
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2025 Jacksonville, Florida reunion photographs are posted on the website. Click on the link below to see them:
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The USS Basilone Association welcomes all crew members, their families and friends to the official site of the USS Basilone DDE/DD 824. The Basilone is a post WWII Gearing Class Destroyer that in its lifetime was home to all the men that served on her.
This site was created to bring all of the Basilone's former crew together where old friendships could be rekindled. The Association has been running Reunions since 1994 and the creation of this site was a natural continuance to bringing Basilone's crew together and a way to remember crewmembers that are no longer with us. During the gallant life of the Basilone she had many miles and the tales are still being told all over the US.
The Photo Center is the place you can rest assured will put a smile on your face. Hard to believe we actually looked like that. We have vintage photos from past reunions. If you have photos you want to add to the Photo Center contact the webmaster to add your photos to the website's Photo Center.
The Ship's History section tells not only the complete history of the USS Basilone but also about John Basilone the Marine Medal of Honor recipient the USS Basilone is named after. And as Basilone sailed the world's oceans they were not always a safe place to be. In the Basilone Tragedies section of the Ship's History we talk about the events that occurred on the Basilone and remember the men who lost their lives.
In Memoriam is the page we list all the Basilone crew that are no longer with us.
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