USS Charles R. Greer
Service
- as USS Charles R. Greer25 June 1943 — 2 November 1945800 days of the war
- Name
- USS Charles R. Greer
- Namesake
- Charles Rogers Greer
- Builder
- Mare Island Navy Yard
- Laid down
- 7 September 1942
- Launched
- 18 January 1943
- Commissioned
- 25 June 1943
- Decommissioned
- 2 November 1945
- Struck
- 16 November 1945
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping, 1 February 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 Charles R. Greer was a Evarts-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after Charles Rogers Greer. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her keel on 7 September 1942. She entered service on 25 June 1943, having been launched on 18 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 knots, and she carried a complement of 198. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 800 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 2 November 1945. She was struck from the register on 16 November 1945.
She was broken up for scrap on 1 February 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
- HMS Bazely
- HMS Goodson
- HMS Inglis
- HMS Lawford (K514)
- USS Andres
- USS Austin (DE-15)
- USS Bebas
- USS Brackett
- USS Brennan
- USS Burden R. Hastings
- USS Cabana
- USS Canfield
- USS Carlson
- USS Cloues
- USS Connolly
- USS Crouter
- USS Crowley
- USS Decker
- USS Deede
- USS Dempsey (DE-26)
- USS Dionne
- USS Dobler
- USS Doherty
- USS Doneff
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Charles R. Greer on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 81341 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons