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

USS Evarts

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS Evarts
Photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-11 — U.S. Navy photo NH 107099 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Evarts (DE-5) underway at sea, eastwards from Boston, Massachusetts (USA) on 19 August 1944. She was heading to the north-north-west (course 330). Evarts is wearing what appears to be Camouflage Measure 31 or 32, Design 10D.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Evarts15 April 1943 — 2 October 1945871 days of the war
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Evarts
Builder
Boston Navy Yard
Laid down
17 October 1942
Launched
7 December 1942
Commissioned
15 April 1943
Decommissioned
2 October 1945
Fate
Scrapped 12 July 1946 (1946)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Displacement, full load
1,430 long tons (1,453 t)
Length
88.09 m (289 ft) OA
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
2.44 m (8 ft)
Speed
21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Range
4,150 nmi (7,686 km)
Complement
198
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Evarts was a Evarts-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. Boston Navy Yard laid her keel on 17 October 1942. She entered service on 15 April 1943, having been launched on 7 December 1942.

67 ships of the class were built. The class followed the N/A and was succeeded by the Buckley-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,140 long tons standard and 1,430 long tons at full load. She measured 88.1 m (289 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 198.

Her main battery was three 76 mm (3 in) guns. Her machinery developed 6,000 hp.

She was in commission for 871 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 2 October 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 12 July 1946.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 4 × General Motors diesel engines with electric drive
  • 2 × screws
Power
  • 6000 hp
Armament
  • 3 × 3 in/50 cal dual purpose guns (3×1)
  • 4 × 1.1"/75 caliber anti-aircraft guns (1×4)
  • 9 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons (9×1)
  • 8 × depth charge throwers
  • 1 × 24-tube Hedgehog anti-submarine spigot mortar (144 rounds)
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

42 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Evarts on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-11 — U.S. Navy photo NH 107099 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons