USS Stafford
Service
- as Stafford19 April 1944 — 16 May 1946501 days of the war
- Name
- USS Stafford
- Namesake
- Richard Y. Stafford
- Builder
- Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
- Laid down
- 29 November 1943
- Launched
- 11 January 1944
- Commissioned
- 19 April 1944
- Decommissioned
- 16 May 1946
- Struck
- 15 March 1972
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping, 13 June 1973 (1973)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft)
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 ft)
- Speed
- 24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
- Range
- 6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
- Complement
- 215
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Stafford was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. She was named for Richard Y. Stafford. Her keel was laid at Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas on 29 November 1943. Launched on 11 January 1944, she entered service on 19 April 1944.
81 ships of the class were built. 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 501 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 16 May 1946. She was struck from the register on 15 March 1972.
She was broken up for scrap on 13 June 1973.
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 turbine engines, 12000 shp; 2 propellers
- Armament
- 2 × single 5 in (127 mm) guns
- 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
- 10 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns
- 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 8 × depth charge throwers
- 1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar
- 2 × depth charge racks
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 Stafford on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy Photo #DE-411-3079-45 — https://www.navsource.net/archives/06/411.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons