USS Robert I. Paine
Service
- as USS Robert I. Paine26 February 1944 — 21 November 1947554 days of the war
- Name
- USS Robert I. Paine
- Namesake
- Pvt. Robert I. Paine, USMC
- Builder
- Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard
- Ordered
- 1942
- Laid down
- 5 November 1943
- Launched
- 30 December 1943
- Commissioned
- 26 February 1944
- Decommissioned
- 21 November 1947
- Struck
- 1 June 1968
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 18 July 1969 (1969)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,740 long tons (1,768 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft)
- Beam
- 11.28 m (37 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 ft)
- Speed
- 23 knots (42.6 km/h, 26.5 mph)
- Range
- 3,700 nmi (6,852 km)
- Complement
- 213
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
USS Robert I. Paine was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. She was named for Pvt. Robert I. Paine. Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard laid her keel on 5 November 1943. Launched on 30 December 1943, she entered service on 26 February 1944.
Her class ran to 98 ships. The class followed the Evarts-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Cannon-class destroyer escort.
She displaced 1,400 long tons standard and 1,740 long tons at full load. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 23 knots, and she carried a complement of 213. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 554 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 21 November 1947. She was struck from the register on 1 June 1968.
She was broken up for scrap on 18 July 1969.
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
- General Electric turbo-electric drive
- 12000 shp
- 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3600 lb 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft diameter, 7 ft pitch
- 2 × rudders
- 359 tons fuel oil
- Armament
- 3 × 3"/50 caliber guns
- 1 × quad 1.1"/75 caliber gun
- 8 × single 20 mm guns
- 1 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
- 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- HMS Bentinck (K314)
- HMS Bligh
- HMS Byron
- HMS Calder (K349)
- HMS Conn
- HMS Cosby
- HMS Dakins
- HMS Duff (K352)
- HMS Ekins
- HMS Fitzroy (K553)
- HMS Halsted (K556)
- HMS Hargood (K582)
- HMS Holmes (K581)
- HMS Hotham (K583)
- HMS Redmill (K554)
- HMS Retalick
- HMS Riou
- HMS Rowley
- HMS Rupert (K561)
- HMS Rutherford
- HMS Seymour (K563)
- HMS Spragge (K572)
- HMS Stockham
- HMS Thornborough
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Robert I. Paine on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Australian armed forces — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons