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

USS Hayter

Buckley-class destroyer escort

USS Hayter
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 91555 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destryoer escort USS Hayter (DE-212) off the Charleston Naval Shipyard, South Carolina (USA), 19 May 1944. Note that the torpedo tubes were replaced by 40mm single guns. However, the 28mm quadruple mount was retained.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Hayter16 March 1944 — 19 March 1946535 days of the war
  2. as ROKS Jon Nam (PG-86)August 1967 — 1986
Buckley-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Hayter
Namesake
Hubert M. Hayter
Builder
Charleston Navy Yard
Ordered
1942
Laid down
11 August 1943
Launched
11 November 1943
Commissioned
16 March 1944
Decommissioned
19 March 1946
Struck
1 December 1966
Fate
Stricken and scrapped, 1986 (1986)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
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 Hayter was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after Hubert M. Hayter. Her keel was laid at Charleston Navy Yard on 11 August 1943. She entered service on 16 March 1944, having been launched on 11 November 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 1,740 long tons. 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 Hayter until 19 March 1946. She was in commission for 535 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 19 March 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1966.

She was broken up for scrap in 1986.

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 Hayter on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 91555 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons