USS Rizzi
Service
- 26 June 1945 — 18 June 194668 days of the war
- Name
- USS Rizzi
- Laid down
- 3 November 1943
- Launched
- 7 December 1943
- Commissioned
- 26 June 1945
- Decommissioned
- 18 June 1946
- Struck
- 1 August 1972
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping 5 February 1974 (1974)
- Status
- Scrapped
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)
- Complement
- 215
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Rizzi was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid on 3 November 1943. Launched on 7 December 1943, she entered service on 26 June 1945.
She was one of 81 ships of her class. The class followed the Rudderow-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Dealey-class destroyer escort.
She displaced 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 two 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 68 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 18 June 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 August 1972.
She was broken up for scrap on 5 February 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
- 2 boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
- Armament
- 2 × 5 in guns
- 4 (2×2) 40 mm anti-aircraft (AA) guns
- 10 × 20 mm AA guns
- 3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 1 × Hedgehog
- 8 × depth charge throwers
- 2 × depth charge tracks
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 Rizzi on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Department of the Navy. First Naval District. Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Administration. Office of the Historical Officer. — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons