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

USS Enright

Buckley-class destroyer escort

USS Enright
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Enright (DE-216) underway at sea, circa in 1944.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Enright (DE-216)21 September 1943 — 31 March 1978712 days of the war
  2. as BAE 25 de Julio (E-12)14 July 1967 — 1989
Buckley-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Enright
Namesake
Robert Paul Francis Enright
Builder
Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia
Ordered
1942
Laid down
22 February 1943
Launched
29 May 1943
Commissioned
21 September 1943
Decommissioned
21 June 1946
Struck
31 March 1978
Fate
Scrapped, 1989 (1989)
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)

USS Enright was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. She was named for Robert Paul Francis Enright. Her keel was laid at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia on 22 February 1943. Launched on 29 May 1943, she entered service on 21 September 1943.

Her class ran to 98 ships. The class followed the Evarts-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Cannon-class destroyer escort.

She displaced 1,400 long tons standard and 1,740 long tons at full load. 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 of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Enright (DE-216) until 31 March 1978. She was in commission for 712 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 21 June 1946. She was struck from the register on 31 March 1978.

She was broken up for scrap in 1989.

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"/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
  • 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

73 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Enright on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons