Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California
Laid down
21 March 1943
Launched
5 September 1943
Commissioned
19 November 1943
Decommissioned
27 November 1946
Recommissioned
1 September 1950
Decommissioned
6 December 1958
Recommissioned
2 October 1961
Decommissioned
1 August 1962
Stricken
12 July 1969
Honors and awards
6 battle stars (World War II)
3 battle stars (Korea)
Fate
Sunk as a target by Trigger (SS-564) on 28 April 1971
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 load
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 load
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 × 3"/50 caliber guns
1 × quad 1.1"/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
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