USS Bebas

Evarts-class destroyer escort

Service

United States Navy15 May 1943 — 18 October 1945841 days of the war

Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars

Name: USS Bebas
Builder: Boston Navy Yard
Laid down: 27 November 1942
Launched: 9 January 1943
Commissioned: 15 May 1943
Decommissioned: 18 October 1945
Struck: 1 November 1945
Fate: Sold for scrapping January 1947 (1947)
Status: Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard: 1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length: 88.09 m (289 ft)
Beam: 10.67 m (35 ft)
Speed: 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h, 22.4 mph)
Complement: 198
Main gun: 76 mm (3 in)

USS Bebas was a Evarts-class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. Her keel was laid at Boston Navy Yard on 27 November 1942. She entered service on 15 May 1943, having been launched on 9 January 1943.

67 ships of the class were built. 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 19.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 198. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 841 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 18 October 1945. She was struck from the register on 1 November 1945.

She was broken up for scrap in January 1947.

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

Armament and machinery

Armament: 3 3 in, 4 1.1"/75 caliber gun, 2 40 mm., 9 20 mm., 3 dct., 8 dcp., 1 dcp. (hh.)

Sister ships

42 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from USS Bebas on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 78640 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons