Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer escort DE-27

USS Duffy (DE-27)

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS Duffy (DE-27)
US Navy — Scan from the original work — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — DE-27 United States Navy Image of the USS Duffy (DE-27).

Service

  1. United States Navy as Duffy5 August 1943 — 9 November 1945759 days of the war
Full service history About 392 words
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Duffy
Pennant / hull number
DE-27
Namesake
Charles John Duffy
Builder
Mare Island Navy Yard
Laid down
29 October 1942
Launched
16 April 1943
Commissioned
5 August 1943
Decommissioned
9 November 1945
Fate
Sold for scrap on 16 June 1947 (1947)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,420 long tons (1,443 t)
Length
88.09 m (289 ft)
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
2.44 m (8 ft)
Speed
21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Complement
156
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

Charles John Duffy, born 31 December 1919 in New York City, enlisted in the Naval Reserve 25 April 1941 and was appointed an aviation cadet 13 November 1941. Flying a carrier aircraft. Ensign Duffy was killed in action during the Naval Battle of Casablanca, French Morocco, 8 November 1942 during the landings on north Africa.

DE-268 carried the name Duffy from 23 February to 14 June 1943. She was loaned to Britain 28 August 1943 and named Dacres, returned to the United States and sold 14 December 1946.

Duffy (DE-27), originally intended for transfer to Great Britain, was launched as BDE-27 on 16 April 1943 by Mare Island Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. Thomas Vice; retained in the U.S. Navy; and commissioned 5 August 1943, Commander G. A. Parkinson, USNR, in command.

Continue to the full service history About 392 words

From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Duffy (DE-27)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
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 Duffy (DE-27) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Service history reproduced verbatim from Duffy (DE-27) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
  • Photograph: US Navy — Scan from the original work — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons