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

USS Doherty

Evarts class destroyer escort

USS Doherty
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 107268 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Doherty (DE-14) underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 23 February 1943.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Doherty (DE-14)6 February 1943 — 14 December 1945939 days of the war
Evarts class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Doherty
Namesake
John Joseph Doherty
Builder
Mare Island Navy Yard
Laid down
28 February 1942
Launched
29 August 1942
Commissioned
6 February 1943
Decommissioned
14 December 1945
Struck
8 January 1946
Fate
Sold for scrap on 26 December 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 Doherty was a Evarts class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. The ship was named after John Joseph Doherty. Her keel was laid at Mare Island Navy Yard on 28 February 1942. She entered service on 6 February 1943, having been launched on 29 August 1942.

67 ships of the class were built. The class followed the N/A and was succeeded by the Buckley-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 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 939 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 14 December 1945. She was struck from the register on 8 January 1946.

She was broken up for scrap on 26 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 × 3 in cal Mk 22 dual purpose guns (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 Doherty on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 107268 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons