USS Bivin

John C. Butler-class destroyer escort

Service

United States Navy31 October 1944 — 15 January 1947309 days of the war

John C. Butler-class destroyer escort Particulars

Name: USS Bivin
Laid down: 3 November 1943
Launched: 7 December 1943
Commissioned: 31 October 1944
Decommissioned: 15 January 1947
Struck: 30 June 1968
Fate: Sunk as target off California on 17 July 1969 (1969)
Status: Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard: 1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
Length: 93.27 m (306 ft) OA
Beam: 10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught: 3.96 m (13 ft)
Speed: 24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
Range: 6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
Complement: 215
Main gun: 127 mm (5 in)

USS Bivin was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid on 3 November 1943. Launched on 7 December 1943, she entered service on 31 October 1944.

81 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Rudderow-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Dealey-class destroyer escort.

She displaced 1,350 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 215. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 309 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 January 1947. She was struck from the register on 30 June 1968.

She was expended as a target on 17 July 1969. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 2 boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Armament: 2-5 in, 4 (2×2) 40 mmAA, 10-20 mm AA, 3-21-inch (533 mm) TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks

Sister ships

56 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from USS Bivin on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo BS 132247 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons