USS John L. Williamson
Service
- as John L. Williamson31 October 1944 — 14 June 1946309 days of the war
- Name
- USS John L. Williamson
- Namesake
- John Leon Williamson
- Builder
- Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
- Laid down
- 22 May 1944
- Launched
- 29 August 1944
- Commissioned
- 31 October 1944
- Decommissioned
- 14 June 1946
- Struck
- 15 September 1970
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping 13 June 1973 (1973)
- 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 John L. Williamson was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after John Leon Williamson. Her keel was laid at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas on 22 May 1944. Launched on 29 August 1944, she entered service on 31 October 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.
She displaced 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 309 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 14 June 1946. She was struck from the register on 15 September 1970.
She was broken up for scrap on 13 June 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
- 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
- USS Abercrombie
- USS Albert T. Harris
- USS Bivin
- USS Cecil J. Doyle
- USS Charles E. Brannon
- USS Chester T. O’Brien
- USS Conklin
- USS Corbesier (DE-438)
- USS Cross
- USS Dennis
- USS Douglas A. Munro
- USS Doyle C. Barnes
- USS Dufilho
- USS Edmonds
- USS Edward H. Allen
- USS Edwin A. Howard
- USS Eversole (DE-404)
- USS Formoe
- USS French
- USS Gentry
- USS George E. Davis
- USS Gilligan
- USS Goss
- USS Grady
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS John L. Williamson on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-268398 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons