Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer escort

USS Wileman

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS Wileman
Lt. George Robertson, U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Wileman (DE-22) at anchor, circa in 1945.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Wileman11 June 1943 — 16 November 1945814 days of the war
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Wileman
Builder
Mare Island Navy Yard
Laid down
30 April 1942
Launched
19 December 1942
Commissioned
11 June 1943
Decommissioned
16 November 1945
Struck
28 November 1945
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 8 January 1947 (1947)
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)

USS Wileman was a Evarts-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. Her keel was laid at Mare Island Navy Yard on 30 April 1942. She entered service on 11 June 1943, having been launched on 19 December 1942.

She was one of 67 ships of her class. The class followed the N/A and was succeeded by the Buckley-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,140 long tons. She measured 88.1 m (289 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 19 knots, and she carried a complement of 198. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 814 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 16 November 1945. She was struck from the register on 28 November 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 8 January 1947.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

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 Wileman on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Lt. George Robertson, U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons