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

USS Roche

Cannon-class destroyer escort

USS Roche
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 81344 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Roche (DE-197) at anchor, circa in 1944.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Roche21 February 1944 — 5 June 1946559 days of the war
Cannon-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Roche
Namesake
David John Roche
Builder
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Laid down
21 October 1943
Launched
9 January 1944
Commissioned
21 February 1944
Struck
5 June 1946
Fate
Scuttled off Yokosuka, 11 March 1946 (1946)
Status
Wreck

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 Roche was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after David John Roche. Her keel was laid at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey on 21 October 1943. Launched on 9 January 1944, she entered service on 21 February 1944.

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 559 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 5 June 1946.

She was scuttled on 11 March 1946. 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
  • 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × single Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns
  • 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun
  • 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 Roche on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 81344 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons