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

USS Stadtfeld

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS Stadtfeld
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo DE-29-4844-43 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Stadtfeld (DE-29) fitting out at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, (USA), on 3 July 1943.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Stadtfeld26 August 1943 — 10 November 1945738 days of the war
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Stadtfeld
Builder
Mare Island Navy Yard
Laid down
26 November 1942
Launched
17 May 1943
Commissioned
26 August 1943
Decommissioned
10 November 1945
Struck
28 November 1945
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 22 July 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 Stadtfeld was a Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid at Mare Island Navy Yard on 26 November 1942. Launched on 17 May 1943, she entered service on 26 August 1943.

67 ships of the class were built. The class followed the N/A and was succeeded by the Buckley-class destroyer escort.

She displaced 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 of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 738 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 10 November 1945. She was struck from the register on 28 November 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 22 July 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 × General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp
  • 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × single 3"/50 Mk.22 dual-purpose guns
  • 1 × quad 1.1"/75 Mk.2 AA gun
  • 9 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
  • 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 Stadtfeld on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo DE-29-4844-43 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons