USS Don O. Woods
Service
- as Don O. Woods28 May 1945 — 18 June 194697 days of the war
- as ARM Usumacinta (B06)12 December 1963 — 16 July 2001
- Name
- USS Don O. Woods
- Pennant / hull number
- DE-721
- Namesake
- Don O. Woods
- Builder
- Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh
- Laid down
- 1 December 1943
- Launched
- 9 February 1944
- Commissioned
- 28 May 1945
- Decommissioned
- 18 June 1946
- Struck
- 12 December 1963
- Fate
- Scrapped 2002 (2002)
- Status
- Scrapped
USS Don O. Woods was a destroyer escort of the Rudderow-class destroyer escort, as ordered of the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number DE-721. The ship was named after Don O. Woods. Her keel was laid at Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh on 1 December 1943. She entered service on 28 May 1945, having been launched on 9 February 1944.
She was one of eight ships of her class. The class followed the Edsall-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the John C. Butler-class destroyer escort.
Displacement was 1,450 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 256. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She served with the United States Navy as Don O. Woods until 18 June 1946. She was in commission for 97 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 18 June 1946. She was struck from the register on 12 December 1963.
She was broken up for scrap in 2002.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
This vessel is recorded in 2 configurations. Wartime refits changed armament and complement substantially, so each is kept separately rather than averaged into one set of figures. The figures above are as built.
Fit 2
- Displacement, standard
- 1,450 long tons (1,473 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft)
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
- Complement
- 256
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
- Armament
- 1 × 5 in/38 guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Don O. Woods on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons