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USS Underhill (DE-682)
USS Underhill (DE-682)
History
USS UnderhillUnited States
BuilderBethlehem Steel Company
Laid down16 September 1943
Launched15 October 1943
Commissioned15 November 1943
Stricken1 September 1945
Fate
  • Sunk by Japanese Kaiten manned torpedo
  • 24 July 1945
General characteristics
Class and typeBuckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,400 tons light,
  • 1,673 tons standard
Length306 ft (93 m)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Draft13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
PropulsionTurbo-electric drive, 12,000 hp (8.9 MW)
Speed23 knots (43 km/h)
Complement15 officers, 198 sailors
Armament
  • 3 × 3 in (76 mm) (76.2 mm) (3x1)
  • 4 × 1.1"/75 caliber gun (1x4)
  • 8 × 20 mm cannon (8x1)
  • 3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (later removed)
  • 1 × hedgehog,
  • 2 × depth charge tracks
  • 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors

USS Underhill (DE-682) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy during World War II. Built in 1943, she served in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific until her sinking in a suicide attack by a Japanese Kaiten manned torpedo on 24 July 1945.

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