USS Kendall C. Campbell
Service
- 31 July 1944 — 31 May 1946401 days of the war
- Name
- USS Kendall C. Campbell
- Namesake
- Kendall C. Campbell
- Laid down
- 16 December 1943
- Launched
- 19 March 1944
- Commissioned
- 31 July 1944
- Decommissioned
- 31 May 1946
- Struck
- 15 January 1972
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping 15 January 1973 (1973)
- 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
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Kendall C. Campbell was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. The ship was named after Kendall C. Campbell. Her keel was laid on 16 December 1943. Launched on 19 March 1944, she entered service on 31 July 1944.
81 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Rudderow-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Dealey-class destroyer escort.
She displaced 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. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 401 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 31 May 1946. She was struck from the register on 15 January 1972.
She was broken up for scrap on 15 January 1973.
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 AA
- 3-21 inch (533 mm) TT
- 1 Hedgehog
- 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Sister ships
- USS Abercrombie
- USS Albert T. Harris
- USS Bivin
- USS Cecil J. Doyle
- USS Charles E. Brannon
- USS Chester T. O’Brien
- USS Conklin
- USS Corbesier (DE-438)
- USS Cross
- USS Dennis
- USS Douglas A. Munro
- USS Doyle C. Barnes
- USS Dufilho
- USS Edmonds
- USS Edward H. Allen
- USS Edwin A. Howard
- USS Eversole (DE-404)
- USS Formoe
- USS French
- USS Gentry
- USS George E. Davis
- USS Gilligan
- USS Goss
- USS Grady
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Kendall C. Campbell on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 80-G-245429 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons