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

USS Joseph M. Auman

Rudderow-class destroyer escort, as ordered

USS Joseph M. Auman
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy high-speed transport USS Joseph M. Auman (APD-117) off Orange, Texas (USA), on 30 April 1945, five days after commissioning. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 5L.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Joseph M. Auman (DE-674)25 April 1945 — 10 July 1946130 days of the war
  2. as ARM Tehuantupec (H05)12 December 1963 — 1989
Rudderow-class destroyer escort, as ordered Particulars
Name
USS Joseph M. Auman
Namesake
Joseph M. Auman
Builder
Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh
Laid down
8 November 1943
Launched
5 February 1944
Commissioned
25 April 1945
Decommissioned
10 July 1946
Struck
12 December 1963
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 1989 (1989)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
2,130 long tons (2,164 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft)
Beam
11.28 m (37 ft)
Draught
3.66 m (12 ft)
Speed
23 knots (42.6 km/h, 26.5 mph)
Complement
204
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

USS Joseph M. Auman was a destroyer escort of the Rudderow-class destroyer escort, as ordered, operated by the United States Navy. The ship was named after Joseph M. Auman. Her keel was laid at Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh on 8 November 1943. Launched on 5 February 1944, she entered service on 25 April 1945.

Her class ran to eight ships. The class followed the Edsall-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the John C. Butler-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 2,130 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 23 knots, and she carried a complement of 204.

Her main battery was one 127 mm (5 in) guns.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Joseph M. Auman (DE-674) until 10 July 1946. She was in commission for 130 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 10 July 1946. She was struck from the register on 12 December 1963.

She was broken up for scrap in 1989.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Armament
  • 1 × 5 in/38 gun
  • 6 × 40 mm guns
  • 6 × 20 mm guns
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Joseph M. Auman 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