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

USS Walter C. Wann

John C. Butler-class destroyer escort

USS Walter C. Wann
Semiblue — Own work — CC BY-SA 3.0 — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Walter C. Wann (DE-412) at anchor, circa in 1945. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 21.

Service

  1. United States Navy as Walter C. Wann2 May 1944 — 31 May 1946488 days of the war
John C. Butler-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Walter C. Wann
Laid down
6 December 1943
Launched
19 January 1944
Commissioned
2 May 1944
Decommissioned
31 May 1946
Struck
30 June 1968
Fate
Sold to the National Metal and Steel Company, Terminal Island, California for scrap in June 1969 (1969)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
Length
109.73 m (360 ft)
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught
3.96 m (13 ft)
Speed
24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
Complement
186

USS Walter C. Wann was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. Her keel was laid on 6 December 1943. Launched on 19 January 1944, she entered service on 2 May 1944.

Her class ran to 81 ships. The class followed the Rudderow-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Dealey-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,350 long tons. She measured 109.7 m (360 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 186.

She was in commission for 488 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 31 May 1946. She was struck from the register on 30 June 1968.

She was broken up for scrap in June 1969.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Sister ships

56 more in the class

Sources