USS Dennis
Service
- as USS Dennis20 March 1944 — 31 May 1946531 days of the war
- Name
- USS Dennis
- Namesake
- Otis Lee Dennis
- Builder
- Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
- Laid down
- 15 September 1943
- Launched
- 4 December 1943
- Commissioned
- 20 March 1944
- Decommissioned
- 31 May 1946
- Struck
- 1 December 1972
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping, 12 September 1973 (1973)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft)
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 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 Dennis was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Otis Lee Dennis. Her keel was laid at Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas on 15 September 1943. She entered service on 20 March 1944, having been launched on 4 December 1943.
Her class ran to 81 ships. The class followed the Rudderow-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Dealey-class destroyer escort.
Displacement was 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. Her machinery developed 12,000 shp.
She was in commission for 531 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 31 May 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1972.
She was broken up for scrap on 12 September 1973.
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 × geared steam turbines
- 2 × boilers
- 2 × shafts
- Power
- 12000 shp
- Armament
- 2 × single 5 in (127 mm) guns
- 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
- 10 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns
- 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 8 × depth charge throwers
- 1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar
- 2 × depth charge racks
Sister ships
- USS Abercrombie
- USS Albert T. Harris
- USS Bivin
- USS Cecil J. Doyle
- USS Charles E. Brannon
- USS Chester T. O’Brien
- USS Conklin
- USS Corbesier (DE-438)
- USS Cross
- 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 Dennis on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo L45-74.08.01 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons