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History
USS WilhoiteUnited States
NamesakeThomas Mack Wilhoite
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Laid down4 August 1943
Launched5 October 1943
Commissioned16 December 1943
Decommissioned2 July 1969
ReclassifiedDER-397, 2 September 1954
Stricken2 July 1969
FateSold for scrapping, 19 July 1972
General characteristics
Class and typeEdsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,253 tons standard
  • 1,590 tons full load
Length306 feet (93.27 m)
Beam36.58 feet (11.15 m)
Draft10.42 full load feet (3.18 m)
Propulsion
  • 4 FM diesel engines,
  • 4 diesel-generators,
  • 6,000 shp (4.5 MW),
  • 2 screws
Speed21 knots (39 km/h)
Range
  • 9,100 nmi. at 12 knots
  • (17,000 km at 22 km/h)
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 Wilhoite (DE-397) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.

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