Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Brazilian Navy — Frigate

USS Reybold

Cannon-class destroyer escort

USS Reybold
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 91551 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Reybold (DE-177) underway off New York City (USA) on 13 October 1943.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Reybold29 September 1943 — 15 August 1944322 days of the war
  2. Brazilian Navy as Bracuí15 August 1944 — 1972383 days of the war
Cannon-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Reybold
Namesake
John Keane Reybold
Builder
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Laid down
3 May 1943
Launched
22 August 1943
Commissioned
29 September 1943
Decommissioned
15 August 1944
Struck
20 July 1953
Fate
Scrapped
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,240 long tons (1,260 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft) OA
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Range
10,800 nmi (20,002 km)
Complement
216
Main gun
40 mm (1.6 in)

USS Reybold was a frigate of the Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. She was named for John Keane Reybold. Her keel was laid at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey on 3 May 1943. She entered service on 29 September 1943, having been launched on 22 August 1943.

Her class ran to 79 ships. The class followed the Buckley-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Edsall-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,240 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 216.

Her main battery was two 40 mm (1.6 in) guns in one twin mountings.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Reybold until 15 August 1944. She then passed to the Brazilian Navy, serving as Bracuí from 15 August 1944. She was in commission for 705 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 August 1944. She was struck from the register on 20 July 1953.

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
  • 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × single Mk.22 3-inch/50-caliber guns
  • 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun
  • 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
  • 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar (144 rounds)
  • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
  • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

Sister ships

54 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Reybold on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 91551 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons