USS Forster
Service
- as USS Forster (DE-334)25 January 1944 — 25 May 1954586 days of the war
- as RVNS Trần Khánh Dư (HQ-04)25 September 1971 — 29 April 1975
- as VPNS Dai Ky (HQ-03)29 April 1975 — in service
- Name
- USS Forster
- Namesake
- Edward William Forster
- Builder
- Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
- Laid down
- 31 August 1943
- Launched
- 13 November 1943
- Commissioned
- 25 January 1944
- Decommissioned
- 25 September 1971
- Struck
- 25 September 1971
- Fate
- Captured by North Vietnam, 29 April 1975 (1975)
- 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 Forster was a Edsall-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Edward William Forster. Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas laid her keel on 31 August 1943. Launched on 13 November 1943, she entered service on 25 January 1944.
78 ships of the class were built. 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 served with the United States Navy as USS Forster (DE-334) until 25 May 1954. She was in commission for 586 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 25 September 1971. She was struck from the register on 25 September 1971.
She was captured on 29 April 1975.
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
- 6000 shp
- 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 Falgout
- USS Farquhar (DE-139)
- USS Fessenden
- USS Fiske (DE-143)
- USS Flaherty
- 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 Forster on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Forster (DER-334) 1966 cruise book available at Navysite.de — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons