USS Richard S. Bull
Service
- as Richard S. Bull26 February 1944 — March 1946554 days of the war
- Name
- USS Richard S. Bull
- Laid down
- 18 August 1943
- Launched
- 16 November 1943
- Commissioned
- 26 February 1944
- Decommissioned
- March 1946
- Struck
- 30 June 1968
- Fate
- Sunk as target off California, 24 June 1969 (1969)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
- Range
- 6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
- Complement
- 215
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Richard S. Bull was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. Her keel was laid on 18 August 1943. Launched on 16 November 1943, she entered service on 26 February 1944.
Her class ran to 81 ships. The class followed the Rudderow-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Dealey-class destroyer escort.
Displacement was 1,350 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 215. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 554 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in March 1946. She was struck from the register on 30 June 1968.
She was expended as a target on 24 June 1969. 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
- 2 geared steam turbines
- 12000 shp
- 2 screws
- Armament
- 2 5 in DP guns
- 4 (2×2) 40 mm AA guns
- 10 20 mm cannon
- 3 21 in torpedo tubes
- 1 Hedgehog projector
- 2 depth charge tracks
- 8 K-gun depth charge projectors
Sister ships
- USS Abercrombie
- USS Albert T. Harris
- USS Bivin
- USS Cecil J. Doyle
- USS Charles E. Brannon
- USS Chester T. O’Brien
- USS Conklin
- USS Corbesier (DE-438)
- USS Cross
- USS Dennis
- USS Douglas A. Munro
- USS Doyle C. Barnes
- USS Dufilho
- USS Edmonds
- USS Edward H. Allen
- USS Edwin A. Howard
- USS Eversole (DE-404)
- USS Formoe
- USS French
- USS Gentry
- USS George E. Davis
- USS Gilligan
- USS Goss
- USS Grady
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Richard S. Bull on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo BS 132118 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons