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

USS Odum

Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport

USS Odum
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 77399 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy high-speed transport USS Odum (APD-71) anchored off San Francisco, California (USA), in late 1945, probably upon her return to the U.S. following the end of World War II.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Odum12 January 1945 — 15 November 1946233 days of the war
  2. Chilean Navy as Serrano (APD-26)15 November 1966 — 1984
Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport Particulars
Name
USS Odum
Namesake
Fireman First Class Joseph R. Odum (1913–1942), U.S. Navy Silver Star recipient
Builder
Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down
15 October 1943
Launched
19 January 1944
Commissioned
12 January 1945
Decommissioned
15 November 1946
Struck
1 November 1966
Fate
Scrapped
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,400 long tons (1,422 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)
Range
6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
Complement
186
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

USS Odum was a destroyer escort of the Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Fireman First Class Joseph R. Odum. Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas laid her keel on 15 October 1943. Launched on 19 January 1944, she entered service on 12 January 1945.

She displaced 1,400 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 186.

Her main battery was one 127 mm (5 in) guns.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Odum until 15 November 1946. She then passed to the Chilean Navy, serving as Serrano (APD-26) from 15 November 1966. She was in commission for 233 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 November 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 November 1966.

She was broken up for scrap.

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

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • Two boilers; two GE steam turbines (turbo-electric transmission)
Power
  • 12,000 shaft horsepower (16 megawatts)
Armament
  • 1 × 5 in gun
  • 6 × 40 mm guns
  • 6 × 20 mm guns
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Odum on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 77399 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons