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

USS Straub

Cannon-class destroyer escort

USS Straub
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo BS 76546 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Straub (DE-181) underway off New York (USA) on 24 December 1944. She is still equipped with torpedo tubes and has an added short tripod HF/DF mast and a twin 40mm mount on the aft deckhouse. Straub is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3D modified.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Straub25 October 1943 — 17 October 1947678 days of the war
Cannon-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Straub
Builder
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Laid down
7 June 1943
Launched
19 September 1943
Commissioned
25 October 1943
Decommissioned
17 October 1947
Struck
1 August 1973
Fate
Sold for scrap, 17 July 1974 (1974)
Status
Scrapped

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 Straub was a Cannon-class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey laid her keel on 7 June 1943. Launched on 19 September 1943, she entered service on 25 October 1943.

Her class ran to 79 ships. The class followed the Buckley-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Edsall-class destroyer escort.

She displaced 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 678 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 17 October 1947. She was struck from the register on 1 August 1973.

She was broken up for scrap on 17 July 1974.

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 Straub on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo BS 76546 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons