Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer escort DE-40

USS Sanders (DE-40)

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS Sanders (DE-40)
USN — U.S. Navy photo 2769-43 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — DE-40 The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Sanders (DE-40) at anchor off the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington (USA), on 15 October 1943.

Service

  1. United States Navy as BDE-401 October 1943 — 12 December 1945702 days of the war
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Sanders
Pennant / hull number
DE-40
Builder
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Laid down
7 September 1942
Launched
18 June 1943
Commissioned
1 October 1943
Decommissioned
12 December 1945
Struck
8 January 1946
Fate
Sold for scrap, 8 May 1947 (1947)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length
88.09 m (289 ft) OA
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
19 knots (35.2 km/h, 21.9 mph)
Range
4,150 nmi (7,686 km)
Complement
198
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Sanders was a Evarts-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number DE-40. Her keel was laid at Puget Sound Navy Yard on 7 September 1942. Launched on 18 June 1943, she entered service on 1 October 1943.

Her class ran to 67 ships. The class followed the N/A and was succeeded by the Buckley-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,140 long tons. She measured 88.1 m (289 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 19 knots, and she carried a complement of 198.

Her main battery was three 76 mm (3 in) guns.

She was in commission for 702 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 12 December 1945. She was struck from the register on 8 January 1946.

She was broken up for scrap on 8 May 1947.

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 Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × 3 in Mk 22 (1×3)
  • 1 × 1.1-inch/75-caliber gun Mk 2 quad AA (4×1)
  • 9 × 20 mm Mk 4 AA
  • 1 Hedgehog Projector
  • Mk 10 (144 rounds)
  • 8 Mk 6 depth charge projectors
  • 2 Mk 9 depth charge tracks

Sister ships

42 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Sanders (DE-40) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: USN — U.S. Navy photo 2769-43 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons