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

USS Roy O. Hale

Edsall-class destroyer escort

USS Roy O. Hale
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-241613 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Roy O. Hale (DE-336) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 4 June 1944. Roy O. Hale had just departed the Norfolk Naval Operating Base, virginia (USA) in company with the escort carrier USS Card (CVE-11), USS Dale W. Peterson (DE-337) and USS Broome (DD-210), heading for Newport, Rhode Island (USA). The photo was taken from the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV-14

Service

  1. United States Navy3 February 1944 — 15 July 1963577 days of the war
Edsall-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Roy O. Hale
Namesake
Roy Orestus Hale, Jr.
Builder
Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down
13 September 1943
Launched
20 November 1943
Commissioned
3 February 1944
Decommissioned
15 July 1963
Struck
1 August 1974
Fate
Sold for scrapping 12 March 1975 (1975)
Status
Scrapped

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 Roy O. Hale was a Edsall-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after Roy Orestus Hale. Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas laid her keel on 13 September 1943. She entered service on 3 February 1944, having been launched on 20 November 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.

She displaced 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 577 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 July 1963. She was struck from the register on 1 August 1974.

She was broken up for scrap on 12 March 1975.

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 Roy O. Hale on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-241613 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons