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

USS Ramsden

Edsall-class destroyer escort

USS Ramsden
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-313021 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Ramsden (DE-382) underway off New York City (USA) on 3 April 1945. Ramsden had entered the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn on 21 March for repairs and alterations. She got underway, again, at 0735 on 03 April, and moored at the Earle Naval Ammunition Depot in Leonardo, New Jersey, at 1328. After loading ammuntion, she departed Earle at 2106 for the Long Islan

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Ramsden (DE-382)19 October 1943 — 28 June 1954684 days of the war
Edsall-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Ramsden
Namesake
Marvin Lee Ramsden
Builder
Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Laid down
26 March 1943
Launched
24 May 1943
Commissioned
19 October 1943
Decommissioned
23 June 1960
Struck
1 August 1974
Fate
Returned to USN, 28 June 1954 (1954)
Status
Unknown

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,253 long tons (1,273 t)
Displacement, full load
1,590 long tons (1,616 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft)
Beam
11.15 m (36.6 ft)
Draught
3.18 m (10.4 ft)
Speed
21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Range
9,100 nmi (16,853 km)
Complement
209
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Ramsden was a Edsall-class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. The ship was named after Marvin Lee Ramsden. Her keel was laid at Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas on 26 March 1943. Launched on 24 May 1943, she entered service on 19 October 1943.

78 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Cannon-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Rudderow-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,253 long tons standard and 1,590 long tons at full load. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.2 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 209.

Her main battery was three 76 mm (3 in) guns.

She was in commission for 684 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 23 June 1960. She was struck from the register on 1 August 1974.

She was transferred on 28 June 1954.

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 FM diesel engines
  • 4 diesel-generators
  • 6,000 shp (4.5 MW)
  • 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns
  • 1 × twin 40 mm AA guns
  • 8 × single 20 mm AA guns
  • 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 8 × depth charge projectors
  • 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog)
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

53 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Ramsden on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-313021 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons