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United States Navy — Destroyer escort DE-30

USS Martin (DE-30)

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS Martin (DE-30)
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo DE-29-4824-43 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — DE-30 The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Martin (DE-30) at her outfitting berth at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Cailfornia (USA), on 2 July 1943. USS Stadtfeld (DE-29) is forward of Martin .

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Martin4 September 1943 — 19 November 1945729 days of the war
Full service history About 372 words
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Martin
Pennant / hull number
DE-30
Builder
Mare Island Navy Yard
Laid down
26 November 1942
Launched
18 May 1943
Commissioned
4 September 1943
Decommissioned
19 November 1945
Struck
5 December 1945
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 15 May 1946 (1946)
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)

(DE‑30: dp. 1,140; l. 289'5"; b. 35'1"; dr. 8'3"; s. 21 k.; cpl. 156; a. 3 3", 4 1.1", 9 20mm., 2 dct., 3 dcp., 1 dcp. (h.h.); cl. Evarts )

The first Martin, a screw tug, was retained a contraction of its former merchant name, James McMartin. The second Martin (DF‑30) was named for Luther Charles Martin, born 10 December 1903 in Indianapolis, Ind. He enrolled in the U.S. Naval Reserve 15 July 1920 to serve in an enlisted status until 4 November 1937 when he was appointed carpenter. Assigned to Astoria (CA‑34) on 5 November 1937, Carpenter Martin was killed in action on board the heavy cruiser in the South Pacific before she sank during the Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942.

Originally intended for lend lease to Britain, the second Martin (DE‑30) was laid down as BDE‑30 by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, Calif., 26 November 1942; launched 18 May 1943; redesignated DE‑30, 16 June 1943; renamed Martin 23 June 1943; and commissioned 4 September 1943; Lt. Paul E. Warfield, USNR, in command.

Continue to the full service history About 372 words

From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Martin II (DE-30)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 4 × General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp
  • 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × single 3"/50 Mk.22 dual purpose guns
  • 1 × quad 1.1"/75 Mk.2 AA gun
  • 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 Martin (DE-30) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Service history reproduced verbatim from Martin II (DE-30) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo DE-29-4824-43 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons