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

USS John M. Bermingham

Evarts class destroyer escort

USS John M. Bermingham
U.S. Department of the Navy. First Naval District. Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Administration. Office of the Historical Officer. — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS John M. Bermingham (DE-530) off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), on 15 August 1944. Her camouflage scheme is Measure 31 Design 1D.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS John M. Bermingham (DE-530)4 April 1944 — 16 October 1945516 days of the war
Evarts class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS John M. Bermingham
Namesake
Lieutenant Commander John Michael Bermingham
Builder
Boston Navy Yard
Laid down
14 October 1943
Launched
17 November 1943
Commissioned
4 April 1944
Decommissioned
16 October 1945
Struck
1 November 1945
Fate
Sold for scrap, March 1946 (1946)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,430 long tons (1,453 t)
Length
88.09 m (289 ft) OA
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
19 knots (35.2 km/h, 21.9 mph)
Complement
198
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS John M. Bermingham was a Evarts class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. The ship was named after Lieutenant Commander John Michael Bermingham. Her keel was laid at Boston Navy Yard on 14 October 1943. Launched on 17 November 1943, she entered service on 4 April 1944.

67 ships of the class were built. The class followed the N/A and was succeeded by the Buckley-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,430 long tons. She measured 88.1 m (289 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 19 knots, and she carried a complement of 198.

Her main battery was three 76 mm (3 in) guns.

She was in commission for 516 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 16 October 1945. She was struck from the register on 1 November 1945.

She was broken up for scrap in March 1946.

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 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × 3 in Mk 22 (1×3)
  • 1 × 1.1"/75 caliber gun Mk 2 quad AA (4×1)
  • 9 × 20 mm Mk 4 AA
  • 1 Hedgehog Projector
  • Mk 10 (144 rounds)
  • 8 Mk 6 depth charge projectors
  • 2 Mk 9 depth charge tracks

Sister ships

42 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS John M. Bermingham on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Department of the Navy. First Naval District. Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Administration. Office of the Historical Officer. — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons