Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer escort F-21

USS Wyffels

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS Wyffels
U.S. Department of the Navy. First Naval District. Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Administration. Office of the Historical Officer. — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — F-21 The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Wyffels (DE-6) off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), in April 1943.

Service

  1. United States Navy as Wyffels15 April 1943 — 12 March 1948871 days of the war
  2. as Tai Kang28 August 1945 — 19725 days of the war
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Wyffels
Pennant / hull number
F-21
Namesake
Lawrence Edward Wyffels
Builder
Boston Navy Yard
Laid down
17 October 1942
Launched
7 December 1942
Commissioned
15 April 1943
Decommissioned
28 August 1945
Struck
12 March 1948
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 1972 (1972)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length
88.09 m (289 ft)
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
2.44 m (8 ft)
Speed
19.5 knots (36.1 km/h, 22.4 mph)
Complement
198
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Wyffels was a Evarts-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number F-21. She was named for Lawrence Edward Wyffels. Boston Navy Yard laid her keel on 17 October 1942. She entered service on 15 April 1943, having been launched on 7 December 1942.

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 19.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 198. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She served with the United States Navy as Wyffels until 12 March 1948. She was in commission for 876 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 28 August 1945. She was struck from the register on 12 March 1948.

She was broken up for scrap in 1972.

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

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Armament
  • 3 3 in/50 guns, 4 1.1"/75 caliber gun, 2 40 mm., 9 20 mm., 3 dct., 8 dcp., 1 dcp. (hh.)

Sister ships

42 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Wyffels on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Department of the Navy. First Naval District. Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Administration. Office of the Historical Officer. — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons