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

USS Hilbert

Cannon-class destroyer escort

USS Hilbert
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo 19-LCM-DE742-1 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Hilbert (DE-742) possibly at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California (USA), sometime between February and May 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 10D.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Hilbert4 February 1944 — 19 June 1946576 days of the war
Cannon-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Hilbert
Namesake
Ernest Lenard Hilbert
Builder
Western Pipe and Steel Company, Los Angeles, California
Laid down
23 March 1943
Launched
18 July 1943
Commissioned
4 February 1944
Decommissioned
19 June 1946
Struck
1 August 1972
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 15 October 1973 (1973)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,240 long tons (1,260 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft) OA
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Range
10,800 nmi (20,002 km)
Complement
216
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Hilbert was a Cannon-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Ernest Lenard Hilbert. Her keel was laid at Western Pipe and Steel Company, Los Angeles, California on 23 March 1943. Launched on 18 July 1943, she entered service on 4 February 1944.

79 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Buckley-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Edsall-class destroyer escort.

She displaced 1,240 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 216. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 576 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 19 June 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 August 1972.

She was broken up for scrap on 15 October 1973.

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 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × single Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns
  • 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun
  • 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
  • 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar (144 rounds)
  • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
  • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

Sister ships

54 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Hilbert on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo 19-LCM-DE742-1 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons