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

USS Cloues

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS Cloues
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-65251 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Cloues (DE-265) underway in San Francisco Bay on 2 February 1944.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Cloues10 August 1943 — 26 November 1945754 days of the war
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Cloues
Builder
Boston Navy Yard
Laid down
23 February 1943
Launched
6 April 1943
Commissioned
10 August 1943
Decommissioned
26 November 1945
Struck
5 December 1945
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 22 May 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 Cloues was a Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. Boston Navy Yard laid her keel on 23 February 1943. She entered service on 10 August 1943, having been launched on 6 April 1943.

She was one of 67 ships of her class. 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 754 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 26 November 1945. She was struck from the register on 5 December 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 22 May 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 Cloues on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-65251 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons