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

USS William C. Miller

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS William C. Miller
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-86023 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS William C. Miller (DE-259) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 15 May 1945. She was in overhaul at the yard from 12 April until 28 May 1945.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS William C. Miller2 July 1943 — 17 December 1945793 days of the war
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS William C. Miller
Builder
Boston Navy Yard
Laid down
10 January 1943
Launched
22 February 1943
Commissioned
2 July 1943
Decommissioned
17 December 1945
Struck
8 January 1946
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 10 April 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 William C. Miller was a Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. Boston Navy Yard laid her keel on 10 January 1943. She entered service on 2 July 1943, having been launched on 22 February 1943.

Her class ran to 67 ships. 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 793 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 17 December 1945. She was struck from the register on 8 January 1946.

She was broken up for scrap on 10 April 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 William C. Miller on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-86023 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons