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

USS Osterhaus

Cannon-class destroyer escort

USS Osterhaus
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Osterhaus (DE-164) underway in the Atlantic Ocean, in June 1943.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Osterhaus12 June 1943 — 26 June 1946813 days of the war
Cannon-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Osterhaus
Namesake
Hugo Osterhaus
Builder
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Laid down
11 November 1942
Launched
18 April 1943
Commissioned
12 June 1943
Decommissioned
26 June 1946
Struck
1 November 1972
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 30 May 1974 (1974)
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 Osterhaus was a Cannon-class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. The ship was named after Hugo Osterhaus. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey laid her keel on 11 November 1942. She entered service on 12 June 1943, having been launched on 18 April 1943.

Her class ran to 79 ships. 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 was in commission for 813 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 26 June 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 November 1972.

She was broken up for scrap on 30 May 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
  • 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 Osterhaus 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