USS Blessman information

History
United States
Name	USS Blessman (DE-69)
Namesake	Edward Martin Blessman
Ordered	1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard
Laid down	22 March 1943 as Buckley-class destroyer escort
Launched	19 June 1943
Commissioned	19 September 1943
Reclassified	APD-48, 31 June 1944
Decommissioned	15 January 1947
Stricken	1 June 1967
Honors and; awards	3 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Transferred to Taiwan, 3 July 1967
History
Taiwan
Name	ROCS Chung Shan (DE-43)
Acquired	3 July 1967
Reclassified	PF-43
Reclassified	PF-845
Reclassified	PF-843
Stricken	May 1995
Fate	broken up for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type	Buckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t) standard; 1,740 long tons (1,768 t) full;
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) standard; 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) full;
Propulsion	2 × boilers; General Electric turbo-electric drive; 12,000 shp (8.9 MW); 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3,600 lb (1,600 kg) 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) diameter, 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) pitch; 2 × rudders; 359 tons fuel oil;
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range	3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph); 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph);
Complement	15 officers, 198 men
Armament	3 × single 3-inch/50-caliber guns; 1 × quad 1.1-inch/75-caliber gun; 8 × single 20 mm guns; 1 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Blessman (DE-69/APD-48), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Edward Martin Blessman (1907–1942), who was killed in action in the Pacific on 4 February 1942.

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History

United States
Name	USS Blessman (DE-69)
Namesake	Edward Martin Blessman
Ordered	1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard
Laid down	22 March 1943 as Buckley-class destroyer escort
Launched	19 June 1943
Commissioned	19 September 1943
Reclassified	APD-48, 31 June 1944
Decommissioned	15 January 1947
Stricken	1 June 1967
Honors and awards	3 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Transferred to Taiwan, 3 July 1967
History
Taiwan
Name	ROCS Chung Shan (DE-43)
Acquired	3 July 1967
Reclassified	PF-43
Reclassified	PF-845
Reclassified	PF-843
Stricken	May 1995
Fate	broken up for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type	Buckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t) standard 1,740 long tons (1,768 t) full
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) standard 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) full
Propulsion	2 × boilers General Electric turbo-electric drive 12,000 shp (8.9 MW) 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3,600 lb (1,600 kg) 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) diameter, 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) pitch 2 × rudders 359 tons fuel oil
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range	3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	15 officers, 198 men
Armament	3 × single 3-inch/50-caliber guns 1 × quad 1.1-inch/75-caliber gun 8 × single 20 mm guns 1 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks