USS Conklin
Service
- as Conkllin21 April 1944 — 17 January 1946499 days of the war
- Name
- USS Conklin
- Laid down
- 4 November 1943
- Launched
- 13 February 1944
- Commissioned
- 21 April 1944
- Decommissioned
- 17 January 1946
- Struck
- 1 October 1970
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 12 May 1972 (1972)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,350 long tons (1,372 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 Conklin was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. Her keel was laid on 4 November 1943. She entered service on 21 April 1944, having been launched on 13 February 1944.
She was one of 81 ships of her class. The class followed the Rudderow-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Dealey-class destroyer escort.
She displaced 1,350 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 two 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 499 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 17 January 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 October 1970.
She was broken up for scrap on 12 May 1972.
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, 12000 shp, 2 screws
- Armament
- 2 × 5 in
- 4 × 40 mm AA (2 × 2)
- 10 × 20 mm guns AA
- 3 × 21 in torpedo tubes
- 1 × Hedgehog
- 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- USS Abercrombie
- USS Albert T. Harris
- USS Bivin
- USS Cecil J. Doyle
- USS Charles E. Brannon
- USS Chester T. O’Brien
- 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 Conklin 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