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

USS LeHardy

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS LeHardy
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo DE-20-4951-43 available at Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS LeHardy (DE-20) underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 7 July 1943.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS LeHardy15 May 1943 — 25 October 1945841 days of the war
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS LeHardy
Builder
Mare Island Navy Yard
Laid down
15 April 1942
Launched
21 November 1942
Commissioned
15 May 1943
Decommissioned
25 October 1945
Struck
13 November 1945
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 26 December 1946 (1946)
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 LeHardy was a Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her keel on 15 April 1942. Launched on 21 November 1942, she entered service on 15 May 1943.

67 ships of the class were built. The class followed the N/A and was succeeded by the Buckley-class destroyer escort.

She displaced 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 841 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 25 October 1945. She was struck from the register on 13 November 1945.

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, 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 LeHardy on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo DE-20-4951-43 available at Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons