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

USS Bostwick

Cannon-class destroyer escort

USS Bostwick
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Bostwick (DE-103) underway in the Atlantic Ocean, circa in 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3D (modified).

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Bostwick (DE-103)1 December 1943 — 30 April 1946641 days of the war
  2. as ROCN Taicang (太倉) (DE-25)14 December 1948 — 1972
Cannon-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Bostwick
Namesake
Lucius Allyn Bostwick
Builder
Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down
6 February 1943
Launched
30 August 1943
Commissioned
1 December 1943
Decommissioned
30 April 1946
Struck
10 February 1949
Fate
Stricken and scrapped, 1973 (1973)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,240 long tons (1,260 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft)
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught
2.44 m (8 ft)
Speed
21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Complement
216
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Bostwick was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after Lucius Allyn Bostwick. Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware laid her keel on 6 February 1943. She entered service on 1 December 1943, having been launched on 30 August 1943.

Her class ran to 79 ships. The class followed the Buckley-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Edsall-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,240 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 216.

Her main battery was three 76 mm (3 in) guns.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Bostwick (DE-103) until 30 April 1946. She was in commission for 641 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 30 April 1946. She was struck from the register on 10 February 1949.

She was broken up for scrap in 1973.

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 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive
  • 6,000 shp (4.5 MW)
  • 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns (3×1)
  • 2 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns (1x2)
  • 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns (8×1)
  • 3 × Torpedo tubes for 21-inch Mark 15 torpedo (1×3)
  • 8 × depth charge projectors
  • 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
  • 2 x depth charge tracks

Sister ships

54 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Bostwick on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons