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

USS Engstrom

Evarts class destroyer escort

USS Engstrom
Unknown author — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-79871 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Engstrom (DE-50) underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 27 February 1945. She was under overhaul at Mare Island from 19 January until 27 February 1945.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Engstrom (DE-50)21 June 1943 — 19 December 1945804 days of the war
Evarts class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Engstrom
Builder
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Laid down
1 April 1942
Launched
24 July 1942
Commissioned
21 June 1943
Decommissioned
19 December 1945
Struck
8 January 1946
Fate
Sold for scrap on 26 December 1946 (1946)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,430 long tons (1,453 t)
Length
86.26 m (283 ft) OA
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
19 knots (35.2 km/h, 21.9 mph)
Complement
198
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Engstrom was a Evarts class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy. Her keel was laid at Philadelphia Navy Yard on 1 April 1942. Launched on 24 July 1942, she entered service on 21 June 1943.

She was one of 67 ships of her class. The class followed the N/A and was succeeded by the Buckley-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,430 long tons. She measured 86.3 m (283 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 three 76 mm (3 in) guns.

She was in commission for 804 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 19 December 1945. She was struck from the register on 8 January 1946.

She was broken up for scrap on 26 December 1946.

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
  • 6,000 shp
  • 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × 3 in cal Mk 22 dual-purpose guns (1×3), 4 × 1.1"/75 caliber gun (1×4), 9 × Oerlikon 20 mm Mk 4 AA cannons, 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 Engstrom on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-79871 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons