Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer escort

USS Cabana

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS Cabana
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 97447 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Cabana (DE-260) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 18 May 1945.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Cabana9 July 1943 — 6 January 1946786 days of the war
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Cabana
Builder
Boston Navy Yard
Laid down
27 January 1943
Launched
10 March 1943
Commissioned
9 July 1943
Decommissioned
6 January 1946
Struck
21 January 1946
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 13 May 1947 (1947)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length
88.09 m (289 ft) OA
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
19 knots (35.2 km/h, 21.9 mph)
Range
4,150 nmi (7,686 km)
Complement
198
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Cabana was a Evarts-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy. Her keel was laid at Boston Navy Yard on 27 January 1943. Launched on 10 March 1943, she entered service on 9 July 1943.

67 ships of the class were built. The class followed the N/A and was succeeded by the Buckley-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,140 long tons. She measured 88.1 m (289 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 19 knots, and she carried a complement of 198. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 786 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 6 January 1946. She was struck from the register on 21 January 1946.

She was broken up for scrap on 13 May 1947.

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

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 4 × General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp
  • 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × single 3"/50 Mk.22 dual-purpose guns
  • 1 × quad 1.1"/75 Mk.2 AA gun
  • 9 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
  • 1 × Hedgehog Projector Mk.10 (144 rounds)
  • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
  • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

Sister ships

42 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Cabana on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 97447 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons