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USS Menges (DE-320)
History
USS MengesUnited States
NameMenges
NamesakeHerbert Hugo Menges
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down22 March 1943
Launched15 June 1943
Commissioned26 October 1943
DecommissionedJanuary 1947
Stricken2 January 1971
FateSold for scrapping
General characteristics
Class and typeEdsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,253 tons standard
  • 1,590 tons full load
Length306 ft (93.27 m)
Beam36.58 ft (11.15 m)
Draft10.42 ft (3.18 m) full load
Propulsion
  • 4 × FM diesel engines
  • 4 × diesel-generators
  • 6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
  • 2 × screws
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range9,100 nmi (16,900 km; 10,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement8 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

USS Menges (DE-320) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II.

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