USS Richard M. Rowell

John C. Butler-class destroyer escort

Service

United States Navy as Richard M. Rowell9 March 1944 — 2 July 1946542 days of the war

John C. Butler-class destroyer escort Particulars

Name: USS Richard M. Rowell
Laid down: 18 August 1943
Launched: 17 November 1943
Commissioned: 9 March 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)
Range: 6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
Complement: 215
Main gun: 127 mm (5 in)

USS Richard M. Rowell was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. Her keel was laid on 18 August 1943. Launched on 17 November 1943, she entered service on 9 March 1944.

She was one of 81 ships of her class. 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 542 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

Propulsion: 2 boilers
2 geared steam turbines
12000 shp
2 screws
Armament: 2 5 in DP guns
4 (2×2) 40 mm AA guns
10 20 mm cannon
3 21 in torpedo tubes
1 Hedgehog projector
2 depth charge tracks
8 K-gun depth charge projectors

Sister ships

56 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from USS Richard M. Rowell on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons