USS Eichenberger
Service
- as USS Eichenberger17 November 1943 — 16 May 1946655 days of the war
- Name
- USS Eichenberger
- Namesake
- Charles Emil Eichenberger Jr.
- Builder
- Charleston Navy Yard, North Charleston, South Carolina
- Ordered
- 1942
- Laid down
- 15 April 1943
- Launched
- 22 July 1943
- Commissioned
- 17 November 1943
- Decommissioned
- 16 May 1946
- Struck
- 1 December 1972
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 1 November 1973 (1973)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,740 long tons (1,768 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft)
- Beam
- 11.28 m (37 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 ft)
- Speed
- 23 knots (42.6 km/h, 26.5 mph)
- Range
- 3,700 nmi (6,852 km)
- Complement
- 213
- Main gun
- 20 mm (0.8 in)
USS Eichenberger was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Charles Emil Eichenberger Jr. Her keel was laid at Charleston Navy Yard, North Charleston, South Carolina on 15 April 1943. She entered service on 17 November 1943, having been launched on 22 July 1943.
She was one of 98 ships of her class. The class followed the Evarts-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Cannon-class destroyer escort.
She displaced 1,740 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 23 knots, and she carried a complement of 213.
Her main battery was eight 20 mm (0.8 in) guns.
She was in commission for 655 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 16 May 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1972.
She was broken up for scrap on 1 November 1973.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × boilers
- General Electric turbo-electric drive
- 12000 shp
- 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3600 lb 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft diameter, 7 ft pitch
- 2 × rudders
- 359 tons fuel oil
- Armament
- 3 × 3-inch/50-caliber guns
- 1 × quad 1.1-inch/75-caliber gun
- 8 × single 20 mm guns
- 1 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
- 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- HMS Bentinck (K314)
- HMS Bligh
- HMS Byron
- HMS Calder (K349)
- HMS Conn
- HMS Cosby
- HMS Dakins
- HMS Duff (K352)
- HMS Ekins
- HMS Fitzroy (K553)
- HMS Halsted (K556)
- HMS Hargood (K582)
- HMS Holmes (K581)
- HMS Hotham (K583)
- HMS Redmill (K554)
- HMS Retalick
- HMS Riou
- HMS Rowley
- HMS Rupert (K561)
- HMS Rutherford
- HMS Seymour (K563)
- HMS Spragge (K572)
- HMS Stockham
- HMS Thornborough
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Eichenberger on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 81346 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons