George Irvin Falgout (1922-1942), Navy Cross recipient
Builder
Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down
24 May 1943
Launched
24 July 1943
Commissioned
15 November 1943
Decommissioned
10 October 1969
Reclassified
DER-324, 28 October 1954
Stricken
1 June 1975
Fate
Sunk as target off California on 12 January 1977
United States
Name
USCGC Falgout (WDE-424)
Commissioned
24 August 1951
Decommissioned
21 May 1954
Fate
Returned to USN, 21 May 1954
General characteristics
Class and type
Edsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement
1,253 tons standard
1,590 tons full load
Length
306 feet (93.27 m)
Beam
36.58 feet (11.15 m)
Draft
10.42 full load feet (3.18 m)
Propulsion
4 FM diesel engines,
4 diesel-generators,
6,000 shp (4.5 MW),
2 screws
Speed
21 knots (39 km/h)
Range
9,100 nmi. at 12 knots
(17,000 km at 22 km/h)
Complement
8 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament
3 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns
1 × twin 40 mm AA guns
8 × single 20 mm AA guns
1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
8 × depth charge projectors
1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog)
2 × depth charge tracks
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