USS Deede

Evarts-class destroyer escort

Service

United States Navy as USS Deede29 July 1943 — 9 January 1946767 days of the war

Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars

Name: USS Deede
Namesake: LeRoy Clifford Deede
Builder: Boston Navy Yard
Launched: 6 April 1943
Commissioned: 29 July 1943
Decommissioned: 9 January 1946
Fate: Sold for scrapping, 12 June 1947 (1947)
Status: Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard: 1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length: 88.09 m (289 ft)
Beam: 10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught: 2.44 m (8 ft)
Speed: 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Complement: 156
Main gun: 76 mm (3 in)

USS Deede was a Evarts-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after LeRoy Clifford Deede. She was built by Boston Navy Yard. She entered service on 29 July 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 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 156. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 767 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 9 January 1946.

She was broken up for scrap on 12 June 1947.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament: 3 × single 3"/50 Mk.22 dual-purpose guns
1 × Hedgehog depth charge projector
2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

42 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from USS Deede on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 91593 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons