USS Tollberg
Service
- as USS Tollberg (DE-593)31 January 1945 — 20 December 1946217 days of the war
- as ARC Almirante Padilla14 August 1965 — 1973
- Name
- USS Tollberg
- Pennant / hull number
- DT-03
- Namesake
- Maynard W. Tollberg
- Builder
- Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts
- Laid down
- 30 December 1943
- Launched
- 12 February 1944
- Commissioned
- 31 January 1945
- Decommissioned
- 20 December 1946
- Struck
- November 1964
- Fate
- Scrapped, 1973 (1973)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,130 long tons (2,164 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft)
- Beam
- 11.28 m (37 ft)
- Draught
- 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Speed
- 23 knots (42.6 km/h, 26.5 mph)
- Complement
- 204
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Tollberg was a destroyer escort of the Crosley-class high speed transport built for the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number DT-03. She was named for Maynard W. Tollberg. Her keel was laid at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts on 30 December 1943. She entered service on 31 January 1945, having been launched on 12 February 1944.
She was one of nine ships of her class. The class followed the Charles Lawrence-class high speed transport.
She displaced 2,130 long tons. 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 204.
Her main battery was one 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She served with the United States Navy as USS Tollberg (DE-593) until 20 December 1946. She was in commission for 217 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 20 December 1946. She was struck from the register in November 1964.
She was broken up for scrap in 1973.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 1 × 5 in gun
- 6 × 40 mm guns
- 6 × 20 mm guns
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Tollberg on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy photo — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons