USS Reuben James (DE-153)
Service
- as USS Reuben James1 April 1943 — 11 October 1947885 days of the war
- Name
- USS Reuben James
- Pennant / hull number
- DE-153
- Namesake
- Reuben James
- Builder
- Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia
- Laid down
- 7 September 1942
- Launched
- 6 February 1943
- Commissioned
- 1 April 1943
- Decommissioned
- 11 October 1947
- Struck
- 30 June 1968
- Fate
- Used as explosives test ship, 1968–1971
Sunk as target, 1 March 1971 (1968) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,740 long tons (1,768 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft)
- Beam
- 11.28 m (37 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 23.6 knots (43.7 km/h, 27.2 mph)
- Complement
- 213
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
USS Reuben James was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number DE-153. The ship was named after Reuben James. Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia laid her keel on 7 September 1942. She entered service on 1 April 1943, having been launched on 6 February 1943.
She was one of 98 ships of her class. The class followed the Evarts-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Cannon-class destroyer escort.
She displaced 1,740 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 23.6 knots, and she carried a complement of 213. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 885 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 11 October 1947. She was struck from the register on 30 June 1968.
She was expended as a target in 1968. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × boilers
- General Electric turbo-electric drive
- 12000 shp
- 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3600 lb 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft diameter, 7 ft pitch
- 2 × rudders
- Armament
- 3 × single 3"/50 caliber guns
- 1 × twin 40 mm gun
- 8 × single 20 mm guns
- 1 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
- 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- HMS Bentinck (K314)
- HMS Bligh
- HMS Byron
- HMS Calder (K349)
- HMS Conn
- HMS Cosby
- HMS Dakins
- HMS Duff (K352)
- HMS Ekins
- HMS Fitzroy (K553)
- HMS Halsted (K556)
- HMS Hargood (K582)
- HMS Holmes (K581)
- HMS Hotham (K583)
- HMS Redmill (K554)
- HMS Retalick
- HMS Riou
- HMS Rowley
- HMS Rupert (K561)
- HMS Rutherford
- HMS Seymour (K563)
- HMS Spragge (K572)
- HMS Stockham
- HMS Thornborough
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Reuben James (DE-153) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-62414 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons