USS Albert T. Harris
Service
- as USS Albert T. Harris (DE-447)29 November 1944 — 26 July 1946278 days of the war
- Name
- USS Albert T. Harris
- Namesake
- Albert T. Harris
- Builder
- Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Newark, New Jersey
- Laid down
- 13 January 1944
- Launched
- 16 April 1944
- Commissioned
- 29 November 1944
- Decommissioned
- 26 July 1946
- Recommissioned
- 27 April 1951
- Struck
- 23 September 1968
- Fate
- Sunk as target off the Virginia Capes, 9 April 1969 (1969)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,717 long tons (1,745 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
- Range
- 6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
- Complement
- 215
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Albert T. Harris was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after Albert T. Harris. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Newark, New Jersey laid her keel on 13 January 1944. She entered service on 29 November 1944, having been launched on 16 April 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 1,717 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 215. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 278 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 26 July 1946. She recommissioned on 27 April 1951. She was struck from the register on 23 September 1968.
She was expended as a target on 9 April 1969. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
- Armament
- 2-5 in, 4 (2×2) 40 mmAA, 10-20 mm AA, 3-21 inch (533 mm) TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Sister ships
- USS Abercrombie
- 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
- USS Haas
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Albert T. Harris on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: US Navy — www.Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons