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United States Navy — Destroyer escort DE-33

USS Tisdale (DE-33)

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS Tisdale (DE-33)
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 79821 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — DE-33 The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Tisdale (DE-33) photographed during World War II, probably upon her return to the U.S. in about August 1945 as she appears to be flying a long homeward bound pennant. On 14 June 1945, Tisdale departed Okinawa and headed for Leyte, Philippines. After some repairs, she cleared Leyte on 30 June and steamed, via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor, back to the United States. S

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Tisdale11 October 1943 — 12 October 1945692 days of the war
Full service history About 2,052 words
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Tisdale
Pennant / hull number
DE-33
Namesake
Ryland Dillard Tisdale
Builder
Mare Island Navy Yard
Laid down
23 January 1943
Launched
28 June 1943
Commissioned
11 October 1943
Decommissioned
12 October 1945
Struck
28 November 1945
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 2 February 1948 (1948)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length
88.09 m (289 ft) OA
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
19 knots (35.2 km/h, 21.9 mph)
Range
4,150 nmi (7,686 km)
Complement
198
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

Ryland Dillard Tisdale was born on 15 November 1894 at the Naval Ordnance Proving Ground (now the Naval Ordnance Station) located in Charles County, Md., about 25 miles south of Washington, D.C. He was appointed a midshipman at the Naval Academy on 7 July 1911 and graduated on 5 June 1915. Between his commissioning and the entry of the United States into World War I, Ens. Tisdale served in Virginia (Battleship No. 13) and Nevada (Battleship No. 36).

On 5 June 1917, less than two months after the declaration of war, Tisdale reported on board SS Antilles, apparently for duty with an armed-guard gun crew assigned to that chartered Army transport. He served in that ship until she was torpedoed off Brest, France, on 17 October.

Lt. Tisdale subsequently received a special letter of commendation from the Secretary of the Navy for displaying ". . . coolness and courage in command of the forward guns, . . ." and for not leaving his post ". . . until he was forced to dive from the bridge of the sinking vessel." Tisdale also assisted other Antilles survivors onto life rafts. He was picked up by either Alcedo (SP-166) or Corsair (SP-159) and taken into Brest. On 23 October, he took passage in Bridge (Supply Ship No. 1) for Britain, where he reported for duty to the senior United States Navy officer present. After temporary duty in Seattle (Armored Cruiser No. 11), he returned to the United States on 12 December.

Continue to the full service history About 2,052 words

From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Tisdale (DE-33)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 4 × General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp
  • 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × single 3"/50 Mk.22 dual purpose guns
  • 1 × quad 1.1"/75 Mk.2 AA gun
  • 9 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
  • 1 × Hedgehog Projector Mk.10 (144 rounds)
  • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
  • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

Sister ships

42 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Tisdale (DE-33) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Service history reproduced verbatim from Tisdale (DE-33) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 79821 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons