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

USS Dobler

Evarts class destroyer escort

USS Dobler
U.S. Navy, photographed by a blimp from squadron ZP-11 — U.S. Navy photo BuAer 28333 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Dobler (DE-48) underway in the Atlantic Ocean off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), on 9 September 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3D.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Dobler (DE-48)17 May 1943 — 2 October 1945839 days of the war
Evarts class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Dobler
Builder
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Laid down
1 April 1942
Launched
24 July 1942
Commissioned
17 May 1943
Decommissioned
2 October 1945
Struck
24 October 1945
Fate
Sold for scrap on 12 July 1946 (1946)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,430 long tons (1,453 t)
Length
86.26 m (283 ft) OA
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
19 knots (35.2 km/h, 21.9 mph)
Complement
198
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Dobler was a Evarts class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. Philadelphia Navy Yard laid her keel on 1 April 1942. Launched on 24 July 1942, she entered service on 17 May 1943.

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

She displaced 1,430 long tons. She measured 86.3 m (283 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 three 76 mm (3 in) guns.

She was in commission for 839 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 2 October 1945. She was struck from the register on 24 October 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 12 July 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 × 3 in cal Mk 22 (1×3), 4 × 1.1"/75 caliber gun(1×4), 9 × Oerlikon 20 mm Mk 4 AA cannons, 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 Dobler on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy, photographed by a blimp from squadron ZP-11 — U.S. Navy photo BuAer 28333 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons