USS Falgout
- Displacement
- 1,253 long tons (1,273 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft)
- Beam
- 11.15 m (36.6 ft)
- Speed
- 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
- Complement
- 209
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Service
- as USS Falgout15 November 1943 — 21 May 1954657 days of the war
- Name
- USS Falgout
- Namesake
- George Irvin Falgout (1922-1942), Navy Cross recipient
- Builder
- Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
- Laid down
- 24 May 1943
- Launched
- 24 July 1943
- Commissioned
- 15 November 1943
- Decommissioned
- 10 October 1969
- Struck
- 1 June 1975
- Fate
- Returned to USN, 21 May 1954 (1954)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,253 long tons (1,273 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,590 long tons (1,616 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft)
- Beam
- 11.15 m (36.6 ft)
- Draught
- 3.18 m (10.4 ft)
- Speed
- 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
- Range
- 9,100 nmi (16,853 km)
- Complement
- 209
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
USS Falgout was a Edsall-class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. She was named for George Irvin Falgout. Her keel was laid at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas on 24 May 1943. She entered service on 15 November 1943, having been launched on 24 July 1943.
She was one of 78 ships of her class. The class followed the Cannon-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Rudderow-class destroyer escort.
She displaced 1,253 long tons standard and 1,590 long tons at full load. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.2 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 209.
Her main battery was three 76 mm (3 in) guns.
She was in commission for 657 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 10 October 1969. She was struck from the register on 1 June 1975.
She was transferred on 21 May 1954.
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 FM diesel engines
- 4 diesel-generators
- 6,000 shp (4.5 MW)
- 2 screws
- Armament
- 3 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns
- 1 × twin 40 mm AA guns
- 8 × single 20 mm AA guns
- 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 8 × depth charge projectors
- 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog)
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- USS Blair
- USS Brister
- USS Brough
- USS Calcaterra
- USS Camp
- USS Chambers
- USS Chatelain
- USS Cockrill
- USS Dale W. Peterson
- USS Daniel
- USS Douglas L. Howard
- USS Farquhar (DE-139)
- USS Fessenden
- USS Fiske (DE-143)
- USS Flaherty
- USS Forster
- USS Frederick C. Davis
- USS Frost
- USS Hammann (DE-131)
- USS Harveson
- USS Haverfield
- USS Herbert C. Jones
- USS Hill
- USS Holder (DE-401)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Falgout on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.