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

USS Howard D. Crow

Edsall-class destroyer escort

USS Howard D. Crow
Unknown author — Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-1010089 from the ship's entry in the U.S. Navy Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) available at the Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Howard D. Crow (DE-252) underway at sea in February 1957. She is painted in Measure US-27 (5-H Haze Gray), her hull number in white with black shadowing. Her gun armament at this time consists of 3"/50s and 40 mm, no wartime 20 mm mounts remain. Gone also are the triple torpedo tube mount and depth charge projectors along her main deck, aft. Her ASW armament cons

Service

  1. United States Navy27 September 1943 — 1 August 1962706 days of the war
Edsall-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Howard D. Crow
Namesake
Howard Daniel Crow
Builder
Brown Shipbuilding Houston, Texas
Laid down
6 February 1943
Launched
26 April 1943
Commissioned
27 September 1943
Decommissioned
1 August 1962
Struck
23 September 1968
Fate
Sold for scrapping, October 1970 (1970)
Status
Scrapped

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 Howard D. Crow was a Edsall-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Howard Daniel Crow. Her keel was laid at Brown Shipbuilding Houston, Texas on 6 February 1943. She entered service on 27 September 1943, having been launched on 26 April 1943.

She was one of 78 ships of her class. 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 was in commission for 706 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 1 August 1962. She was struck from the register on 23 September 1968.

She was broken up for scrap in October 1970.

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
  • 6,000 shp (4.5 MW)
  • 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

53 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Howard D. Crow on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-1010089 from the ship's entry in the U.S. Navy Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) available at the Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons