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

USS Grady

John C. Butler-class destroyer escort

USS Grady
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo BS 71844 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Grady (DE-445) underway off New York City (USA) on 23 September 1944, with the Statue of Liberty in the background. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 22D. Note that she was fittet with a SU radar on the mast and a direction finding antenna on the stack.

Service

  1. United States Navy11 September 1944 — 2 July 1946356 days of the war
John C. Butler-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Grady
Laid down
3 January 1944
Launched
2 April 1944
Commissioned
11 September 1944
Decommissioned
2 July 1946
Struck
30 June 1968
Fate
Sold for scrapping June 1969 (1969)
Status
Scrapped

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)
Complement
215

USS Grady was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy. Her keel was laid on 3 January 1944. Launched on 2 April 1944, she entered service on 11 September 1944.

Her class ran to 81 ships. The class followed the Rudderow-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Dealey-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 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.

She was in commission for 356 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 2 July 1946. She was struck from the register on 30 June 1968.

She was broken up for scrap in June 1969.

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

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Armament
  • 2-5 in, 4 (2 × 2) 40 mm AA, 10-20 mm guns AA, 3-21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 1 Hedgehog, 8 depth charge projectors, 2 depth charge tracks

Sister ships

56 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Grady on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo BS 71844 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons