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

USS Jack Miller

John C. Butler-class destroyer escort

USS Jack Miller
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Jack Miller (DE-410) underway, probably shortly after her commissioning on 13 April 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 2C.

Service

  1. United States Navy as Jack Miller13 April 1944 — 1 June 1946507 days of the war
John C. Butler-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Jack Miller
Namesake
Jack Miller
Builder
Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Laid down
29 November 1943
Launched
10 January 1944
Commissioned
13 April 1944
Decommissioned
1 June 1946
Struck
30 June 1968
Fate
Sold for scrapping July 1969 (1969)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft)
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught
2.74 m (9 ft)
Speed
24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
Range
6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
Complement
215
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

USS Jack Miller was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. She was named for Jack Miller. Her keel was laid at Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas on 29 November 1943. She entered service on 13 April 1944, having been launched on 10 January 1944.

She was one of 81 ships of her class. 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 two 127 mm (5 in) guns.

She was in commission for 507 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 1 June 1946. She was struck from the register on 30 June 1968.

She was broken up for scrap in July 1969.

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 turbine engines, 12000 shp; 2 propellers
Armament
  • 2 × single 5 in (127 mm) guns
  • 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
  • 10 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns
  • 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 8 × depth charge throwers
  • 1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar
  • 2 × depth charge racks

Sister ships

56 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Jack Miller on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons