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

USS Janssen

Edsall-class destroyer escort

USS Janssen
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Janssen (DE-396) at anchor in Lower New York Bay (USA) on 1 May 1944. She departed the New York Naval Shipyard at 0700 after completing a ten day yard availability for repairs, alterations, fueling, reprovisioning and recreation and leave for the crew. After anchoring off Fort Lafayette to load ammunition from lighters, she got underway to "swing ship" in Lower N

Service

  1. United States Navy18 December 1943 — 12 April 1946624 days of the war
Edsall-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Janssen
Namesake
Ralph Wille Janssen
Builder
Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Laid down
4 August 1943
Launched
4 October 1943
Commissioned
18 December 1943
Decommissioned
12 April 1946
Struck
1 July 1972
Fate
Sold for scrapping 15 October 1973 (1973)
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 Janssen was a Edsall-class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. She was named for Ralph Wille Janssen. Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas laid her keel on 4 August 1943. Launched on 4 October 1943, she entered service on 18 December 1943.

Her class ran to 78 ships. 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 624 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 12 April 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 July 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 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 Janssen 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