USS Walter C. Wann
Service
- as Walter C. Wann2 May 1944 — 31 May 1946488 days of the war
- Name
- USS Walter C. Wann
- Laid down
- 6 December 1943
- Launched
- 19 January 1944
- Commissioned
- 2 May 1944
- Decommissioned
- 31 May 1946
- Struck
- 30 June 1968
- Fate
- Sold to the National Metal and Steel Company, Terminal Island, California for scrap in June 1969 (1969)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
- Length
- 109.73 m (360 ft)
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
- Complement
- 186
USS Walter C. Wann was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. Her keel was laid on 6 December 1943. Launched on 19 January 1944, she entered service on 2 May 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 109.7 m (360 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 186.
She was in commission for 488 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 31 May 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.
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 Walter C. Wann on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Semiblue — Own work — CC BY-SA 3.0 — Wikimedia Commons