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

USS Manlove

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS Manlove
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Manlove (DE-36) lies to off the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington (USA), in September 1945.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Manlove8 November 1943 — 16 November 1945664 days of the war
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Manlove
Builder
Mare Island Navy Yard
Laid down
24 February 1943
Launched
28 July 1943
Commissioned
8 November 1943
Decommissioned
16 November 1945
Struck
28 November 1945
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 9 February 1948 (1948)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,140 long tons (1,158 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)
Range
4,150 nmi (7,686 km)
Complement
198
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Manlove was a Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her keel on 24 February 1943. Launched on 28 July 1943, she entered service on 8 November 1943.

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

Displacement was 1,140 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 of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

Her machinery developed 6,000 hp.

She was in commission for 664 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 16 November 1945. She was struck from the register on 28 November 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 9 February 1948.

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 × General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive
  • 2 × screws
Power
  • 6000 hp
Armament
  • 3 × 3"/50 Mk.22 dual-purpose guns
  • 4 × 1.1"/75 Mk.2 AA guns (1×4)
  • 9 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
  • 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 Manlove 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