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

USS Doneff

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS Doneff
Unknown author — Official U.S. Navy photo 19-LCM-80086 from the ship's entry in the U.S. Navy Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) available at the Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Doneff (DE-49) at sea on 26 February 1945, in her final World War II configuration. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 22.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Doneff10 June 1943 — 22 December 1945815 days of the war
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Doneff
Builder
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Launched
24 July 1942
Commissioned
10 June 1943
Decommissioned
22 December 1945
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 9 January 1947 (1947)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length
88.09 m (289 ft) OA
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
19 knots (35.2 km/h, 21.9 mph)
Range
4,150 nmi (7,686 km)
Complement
198
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Doneff was a Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. She was built by Philadelphia Navy Yard. Launched on 24 July 1942, she entered service on 10 June 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 19 knots, and she carried a complement of 198. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 815 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 22 December 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 9 January 1947.

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 × single 3"/50 Mk.22 dual purpose guns
  • 1 × quad 1.1"/75 Mk.2 AA gun
  • 9 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
  • 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 Doneff on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — Official U.S. Navy photo 19-LCM-80086 from the ship's entry in the U.S. Navy Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) available at the Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons