USS Eldridge

USS Eldridge was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy. She was named for John Eldridge Jr. Her keel was laid at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey on 22 February 1943. Launched on 25 July 1943, she entered service on 27 August 1943.

Her class ran to 79 ships. The class followed the Buckley-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Edsall-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,240 long tons standard and 1,620 long tons at full load. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 216.

Her main battery was three 76 mm (3 in) guns. Her machinery developed 6,000 shp.

She was in commission for 737 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 17 June 1946. She was struck from the register on 26 March 1951.

She was transferred on 15 January 1951.

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