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

USS Dionne

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS Dionne
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 83294 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Dionne (DE-261) underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 21 May 1945.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Dionne16 July 1943 — 18 January 1946779 days of the war
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Dionne
Builder
Boston Navy Yard
Laid down
27 January 1943
Launched
10 March 1943
Commissioned
16 July 1943
Decommissioned
18 January 1946
Struck
7 February 1946
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 12 June 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 Dionne was a Evarts-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. Boston Navy Yard laid her keel on 27 January 1943. She entered service on 16 July 1943, having been launched on 10 March 1943.

Her class ran to 67 ships. 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 779 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 18 January 1946. She was struck from the register on 7 February 1946.

She was broken up for scrap on 12 June 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 Dionne on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 83294 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons