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

USS Mitchell

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS Mitchell
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo 3190-43 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer esccort USS Mitchell (DE-43) underway in Puget Sound, Washington (USA), on 1 December 1943.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Mitchell17 November 1943 — 29 December 1945655 days of the war
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Mitchell
Builder
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Laid down
12 January 1943
Launched
1 August 1943
Commissioned
17 November 1943
Decommissioned
29 December 1945
Struck
19 December 1945
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 11 December 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)

USS Mitchell was a Evarts-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy. Puget Sound Navy Yard laid her keel on 12 January 1943. She entered service on 17 November 1943, having been launched on 1 August 1943.

Her class ran to 67 ships. The class followed the N/A and was succeeded by the Buckley-class destroyer escort.

She displaced 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.

She was in commission for 655 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 29 December 1945. She was struck from the register on 19 December 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 11 December 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 × 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 Mitchell on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo 3190-43 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons