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

USS Crowley

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS Crowley
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 75849 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Crowley (DE-303) underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 2 April 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 21D.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Crowley25 March 1944 — 3 December 1945526 days of the war
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Crowley
Builder
Mare Island Navy Yard
Laid down
24 May 1943
Launched
22 September 1943
Commissioned
25 March 1944
Decommissioned
3 December 1945
Struck
19 December 1945
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 21 December 1946 (1946)
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 Crowley was a Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her keel on 24 May 1943. Launched on 22 September 1943, she entered service on 25 March 1944.

Her class ran to 67 ships. The class followed the N/A and was succeeded by the Buckley-class destroyer escort.

She displaced 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 526 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 3 December 1945. She was struck from the register on 19 December 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 21 December 1946.

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 Crowley on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 75849 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons