USS Heyliger
Service
- 24 March 1945 — 20 June 1946162 days of the war
- Name
- USS Heyliger
- Laid down
- 27 April 1944
- Launched
- 6 August 1944
- Commissioned
- 24 March 1945
- Decommissioned
- 20 June 1946
- Struck
- 1 May 1966
- Fate
- Sunk as target in 1969 (1969)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
- Complement
- 215
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Heyliger was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. Her keel was laid on 27 April 1944. She entered service on 24 March 1945, having been launched on 6 August 1944.
81 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Rudderow-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Dealey-class destroyer escort.
Displacement was 1,350 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 215. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 162 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 20 June 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 May 1966.
She was expended as a target in 1969. The wreck survives.
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, 2 geared steam turbines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
- Armament
- 2-5 in, 4 (2×2) 40 mmAA, 10-20 mm AA, 3-21 inch (533 mm) TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Sister ships
- USS Abercrombie
- USS Albert T. Harris
- USS Bivin
- USS Cecil J. Doyle
- USS Charles E. Brannon
- USS Chester T. O’Brien
- USS Conklin
- USS Corbesier (DE-438)
- USS Cross
- USS Dennis
- USS Douglas A. Munro
- USS Doyle C. Barnes
- USS Dufilho
- USS Edmonds
- USS Edward H. Allen
- USS Edwin A. Howard
- USS Eversole (DE-404)
- USS Formoe
- USS French
- USS Gentry
- USS George E. Davis
- USS Gilligan
- USS Goss
- USS Grady
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Heyliger on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-80791 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons