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

USS Inch

Edsall-class destroyer escort

USS Inch
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo L45-133.02.01 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Inch (DE-146) off New York City (USA) on 21 March 1944. She departed the New York Naval Shipyard at 0832 to load ammunition by barge off Fort Lafayette. Completing the ammunition onload at 1258, she left for the Naval Operating Base at Norfolk, Virginia (USA). She was scheduled to depart for Norfolk on 19 March, but collided with the stores ship USS Ariel (AF-22)

Service

  1. United States Navy as Inch8 September 1943 — 17 May 1946725 days of the war
Edsall-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Inch
Namesake
Richard Inch
Builder
Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down
19 January 1943
Launched
4 April 1943
Commissioned
8 September 1943
Decommissioned
17 May 1946
Struck
1 October 1972
Fate
Sold for scrap, 21 March 1974 (1974)
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 Inch was a Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy. She was named for Richard Inch. Her keel was laid at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas on 19 January 1943. Launched on 4 April 1943, she entered service on 8 September 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.

Displacement was 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 725 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 17 May 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 October 1972.

She was broken up for scrap on 21 March 1974.

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

53 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Inch on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo L45-133.02.01 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons