USS England (DE-635)
Service
- as USS England10 December 1943 — 15 October 1945632 days of the war
- Name
- USS England
- Pennant / hull number
- DE-635
- Namesake
- Ensign John C. England
- Builder
- Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
- Laid down
- 4 April 1943
- Launched
- 26 September 1943
- Commissioned
- 10 December 1943
- Decommissioned
- 15 October 1945
- Struck
- 1 November 1945
- Fate
- Sold and broken up, 26 November 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 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
- 76 mm (3 in)
John Charles England, born, in Harris, Mo., 11 December 1920, enlisted in the Naval Reserve 6 September 1940, and was commissioned ensign 6 June 1941. On 3 September 1941, he reported for duty in Oklahoma (BB-37), and was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941.
England (DE-635) was launched 26 September 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif.; sponsored by Mrs. H. B. England, mother of Ensign England; and commissioned 10 December 1943, Commander W. B. Pendleton in command.
England arrived at Espiritu Santo 12 March 1944 from San Francisco, Pearl Harbor, Funafuti, and Guadalcanal. She took up escort duty between Espiritu Santo and Guadalcanal, occasionally sailing to Noumea, and once to the Marshalls.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (England I (DE-635)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × propellers
- General Electric turbo-electric drive
- Power
- 2 × boilers
- 12000 shp
- Armament
- 3 × 3"/50 caliber guns
- 1 × quad 1.1"/75 caliber gun
- 8 × single 20 mm guns
- 1 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar array
- 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge racks
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 England (DE-635) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from England I (DE-635) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-60938 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons