USS Endicott
Service
- as Endicott25 February 1943 — 17 August 1955920 days of the war
- Name
- USS Endicott
- Pennant / hull number
- DD-495
- Namesake
- Samuel Endicott
- Builder
- Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
- Laid down
- 1 May 1941
- Launched
- 5 April 1942
- Commissioned
- 25 February 1943
- Decommissioned
- 17 August 1955
- Struck
- 1 November 1969
- Fate
- Sold 6 October 1970 and
broken up for scrap (1970) - Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,630 long tons (1,656 t)
- Length
- 106.07 m (348 ft)
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 3.35 m (11 ft)
- Speed
- 37.4 knots (69.3 km/h, 43 mph)
- Range
- 6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
- Complement
- 276
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Samuel Endicott served as a quarter gunner on board Enterprise in the Barbary Wars. He volunteered to participate in the expedition under Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, Jr., commanding Intrepid, who entered the harbor at Tripoli on 16 February 1804 and destroyed the former U.S. Frigate Philadelphia.
Endicott (DD-495) was launched by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash., on 5 April 1942; sponsored by Miss Bettie L. Rankin; and commissioned 25 February 1943, with Lieutenant Commander W. S. Heald, in command.
The destroyer underwent shakedown off San Diego, was ordered to the Atlantic Fleet and in her first year escorted two convoys to Africa and one to Ireland, Panama, and Trinidad.
Continue to the full service history About 670 words
From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Endicott (DD-495)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 50000 shp
- 4 boilers
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 4 × 5 in DP guns
- 2 x Bofors 40 mm gun mounts
- 7 × 20 mm AA guns
- 5 × 21 in torpedo tubes
- 2 × depth charge tracks
- 6 x K-Gun racks
Sister ships
- USS Aaron Ward (DD-483)
- USS Baldwin
- USS Beatty (DD-640)
- USS Bristol (DD-453)
- USS Buchanan (DD-484)
- USS Butler
- USS Carmick
- USS Corry (DD-463)
- USS Cowie
- USS Davison
- USS Doran (DD-634)
- USS Doyle (DMS-34)
- USS Duncan (DD-485)
- USS Earle
- USS Eberle
- USS Edison (DD-439)
- USS Edwards (DD-619)
- USS Ellyson
- USS Emmons
- USS Ericsson (DD-440)
- USS Fitch
- USS Forrest
- USS Frankford
- USS Gherardi
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Endicott on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from Endicott (DD-495) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: US Navy — Official U.S. Navy photo NH 97033 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons