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

USS Muir

Cannon-class destroyer escort

USS Muir
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 90566 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Muir (DE-770), circa in 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3D. Note that the wartime censor has removed the masttop radar.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Muir30 August 1944 — September 1947370 days of the war
  2. as ROKS Kyongki (F-71)2 February 1956 — 28 December 1977
Cannon-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Muir
Namesake
Kenneth Hart Muir
Builder
Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida
Laid down
1 June 1943
Launched
4 June 1944
Commissioned
30 August 1944
Decommissioned
September 1947
Struck
15 November 1974
Fate
Sent to the Philippines to be cannibalized for spare parts
Status
Unknown

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
76 mm (3 in)

USS Muir was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after Kenneth Hart Muir. Her keel was laid at Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida on 1 June 1943. She entered service on 30 August 1944, having been launched on 4 June 1944.

79 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Buckley-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Edsall-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 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 of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Muir until September 1947. She was in commission for 370 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in September 1947. She was struck from the register on 15 November 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"/50 caliber guns
  • 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun
  • 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 Muir on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 90566 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons