USS Robert F. Keller
Service
- as Robert F. Keller17 June 1944 — 24 April 1946442 days of the war
- Name
- USS Robert F. Keller
- Laid down
- 12 January 1944
- Launched
- 19 February 1944
- Commissioned
- 17 June 1944
- Decommissioned
- 24 April 1946
- Struck
- 1 July 1972
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping 5 February 1974 (1974)
- 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 Robert F. Keller was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. Her keel was laid on 12 January 1944. Launched on 19 February 1944, she entered service on 17 June 1944.
Her class ran to 81 ships. The class followed the Rudderow-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Dealey-class destroyer escort.
Displacement was 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 two 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 442 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 24 April 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 July 1972.
She was broken up for scrap on 5 February 1974.
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, 12000 shp, 2 screws
- Armament
- 2 × single 5 in (127 mm) guns
- 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
- 10 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns
- 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 8 × depth charge throwers
- 1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar
- 2 × depth charge racks
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 Robert F. Keller on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: SOG3 Bob Donlon, U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons