USS Foreman
Service
- as USS Foreman22 October 1943 — 28 June 1946681 days of the war
- Name
- USS Foreman
- Namesake
- Andrew L. Foreman
- Builder
- Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California
- Ordered
- 1942
- Laid down
- 9 March 1943
- Launched
- 1 August 1943
- Commissioned
- 22 October 1943
- Decommissioned
- 28 June 1946
- Struck
- 1 April 1965
- Fate
- Sold and broken up 1966 (1966)
- 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 Foreman was a Buckley-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy. She was named for Andrew L. Foreman. Her keel was laid at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California on 9 March 1943. Launched on 1 August 1943, she entered service on 22 October 1943.
She was one of 98 ships of her class. The class followed the Evarts-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Cannon-class destroyer escort.
Displacement was 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.
Her machinery developed 12,000 shp.
She was in commission for 681 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 28 June 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 April 1965.
She was broken up for scrap in 1966.
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-boiler General Electric turbo-electric drive
- 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3600 lb 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft diameter, 7 ft pitch
- Power
- 12000 shp
- Armament
- 3 × 3"/50 caliber guns
- 4 × 1.1"/75 caliber gun (1×4)
- 8 × 20 mm anti-aircraft guns
- 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1×3)
- 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
- 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
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 Foreman on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-200662 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons