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

USS Neal A. Scott

Cannon-class destroyer escort

USS Neal A. Scott
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-382777 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Neal A. Scott (DE-769) underway off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), on 10 October 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3D in a reversed application.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Neal A. Scott31 July 1944 — 30 April 1946401 days of the war
Cannon-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Neal A. Scott
Namesake
Neal Anderson Scott
Builder
Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida
Laid down
1 June 1943
Launched
4 June 1944
Commissioned
31 July 1944
Decommissioned
30 April 1946
Struck
1 June 1968
Fate
Sold for scrap, July 1969 (1969)
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
76 mm (3 in)

USS Neal A. Scott was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after Neal Anderson Scott. Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida laid her keel on 1 June 1943. Launched on 4 June 1944, she entered service on 31 July 1944.

She was one of 79 ships of her class. 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 of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 401 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 30 April 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 June 1968.

She was broken up for scrap in July 1969.

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 Neal A. Scott on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-382777 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons