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

USS Levy

Cannon-class destroyer escort

USS Levy
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org ; (U.S. National Archives photo from the book "Anti-submarine Warfare: An Illustrated History"" by David Owen) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Levy (DE-162) underway in the Pacific Ocean, circa in 1944.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Levy (DE-162)13 May 1943 — 4 April 1947843 days of the war
Cannon-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Levy
Namesake
Uriah P. Levy
Builder
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Laid down
19 October 1942
Launched
28 March 1943
Commissioned
13 May 1943
Decommissioned
4 April 1947
Struck
2 August 1973
Fate
Sold for scrap, 17 July 1974 (1974)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,240 long tons (1,260 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft) OA
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Range
10,800 nmi (20,002 km)
Complement
216
Main gun
20 mm (0.8 in)

USS Levy was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after Uriah P. Levy. Her keel was laid at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey on 19 October 1942. She entered service on 13 May 1943, having been launched on 28 March 1943.

Her class ran to 79 ships. The class followed the Buckley-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Edsall-class destroyer escort.

She displaced 1,240 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 216.

Her main battery was eight 20 mm (0.8 in) guns.

She was in commission for 843 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 4 April 1947. She was struck from the register on 2 August 1973.

She was broken up for scrap on 17 July 1974.

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 Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 single × Mk.22 3-inch/50-caliber guns
  • 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
  • 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar (144 rounds)
  • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
  • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

Sister ships

54 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Levy on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org ; (U.S. National Archives photo from the book "Anti-submarine Warfare: An Illustrated History"" by David Owen) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons