Edsall class destroyer escort

	300px; USS Edsall (DE-129)
Class overview
Name:	Edsall class destroyer escort
Builders:	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas; Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Operators:	United States Navy; United States Navy; 22x20px Republic of Vietnam Navy; Philippine Navy; 22x20px Tunisia Navy; 22x20px Vietnamese People's Navy; 22x20px Mexican Navy
Preceded by:	Cannon class destroyer escort
Succeeded by:	Rudderow class destroyer escort
Planned:	85
Completed:	85
Active:	0
Laid up:	0
Lost:	5
Retired:	85
Scrapped:	75
Preserved:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer Escort
Displacement:	1,253 tons standard; 1,590 tons full load
Length:	306 feet (93.27 m)
Beam:	36.58 feet (11.15 m)
Draft:	10.42 full load feet (3.18 m)
Propulsion:	2-shaft Fairbanks Morse diesels, 6,000 bhp
Speed:	21 knots
Range:	10,800 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement:	186
Armament:	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns (3 × 1); 2 × 40 mm AA guns (1 × 2); 8 × 20 mm AA guns (8 × 1); 3 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (1 × 3); 8 × depth charge projectors; 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog); 2 × depth charge tracks;

The Edsall class destroyer escorts were built primarily for ocean anti-submarine escort service during World War II. The lead ship, USS Edsall (DE-129) was commissioned on 10 April 1943 at Orange, Texas. The class was also known as the FMR type from their Fairbanks-Morse Reduction-geared diesel drive used in the submarines of the time. This was the only World War II DE class in which all the ships originally ordered were completed as United States Navy Destroyer Escorts.^[1].Destroyer escorts were regular companions escorting the vulnerable cargo ships. In late WWII plans were made to replace the 3" guns with 5" guns. But only USS Camp (DE 251) was refitted after a collision. In Total all 85 were completed by three shipbuilding companies: Beth Staten Island (47), Consolidated Orange (18), and Houston (20). Many convoys were escorted by these ships and most were en route to the pacific theater when Japan surrendered. One of the ships participated in Operation Dragoon and two were attacked by guided missiles used by the Germans.

Hull Numbers

A total of 85 Edsall class destroyer escorts were built.

DE-129 through DE-152 Beth Staten Island
DE-238 through DE-255 Consolidated Orange
DE-316 through DE-338 Beth Staten Island
DE-382 through DE-401 Houston

Fate of Ships

Destroyed or damaged in combat

DE-136 USS Frederick C. Davis - sunk April 24, 1945 by U-546 in the North Atlantic
DE-143 USS Fiske - sunk August 2, 1944 by U-804 north of the Azores
DE-319 USS Leopold - torpedoed March 9, 1944 by U-371 south of Iceland
DE-320 USS Menges - torpedoed April 20, 1944 by U-371 off Algiers, damaged
DE-401 USS Holder - damaged April 11, 1944 off Algiers by German aircraft

Transferred to US Coast Guard from 1951 to 1954

DE-322 USS Newell - redesignated WDE-422
DE-324 USS Falgout - redesignated WDE-424
DE-325 USS Lowe - redesignated WDE-425
DE-328 USS Finch - redesignated WDE-428
DE-331 USS Koiner - redesignated WDE-431
DE-334 USS Forster - redesignated WDE-434
DE-382 USS Ramsden - redesignated WDE-482
DE-385 USS Richey - redesignated WDE-485
DE-387 USS Vance - redesignated WDE-487
DE-389 USS Durant - redesignated WDE-489
DE-391 USS Chambers - redesignated WDE-491

Transferred to other countries

DE-250 USS Hurst - transferred to the Mexican Navy as Comodoro Manuel Azueta Perillos (E-30)
DE-251 USS Camp - transferred to South Vietnam as Tran Hung Dao. Later, to Philippines as Rajah Lakandula
DE-326 USS Thomas J. Gary - transferred to Tunisia
DE-334 USS Forster - transferred to South Vietnam as Tran Khanh Du. Later, captured by North Vietnam and used as training vessel

Notable ships of class

USS Pillsbury (DE-133) sister ship of USS Pope. Was in TG 22.3 with Pope and participated in the capture of U-boat U-505.
USS Chatelain (DE-149) Was in TG 22.3 with Pope and Pillsbury and participated in the capture of U-505.
USS Flaherty (DE-135) Was in TG 22.3 with Pope, Pillsbury, and Chatelain and participated in the capture of U-505.
USS Pope (DE-134) was in Task Force 22.3 that was centered on Escort Carrier USS Guadalcanal which captured German U-boat U-505.
USS Frost (DE-144) sank 5 German U-boats and awarded Presidential Unit Citation, 7 battle stars.
USS Stewart (DE-238) - the sole surviving example of the Edsall-class; a museum ship in Galveston, Texas.
USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136) and USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137) each received a Navy Unit Commendation for action during the Anzio campaign.
USS Kretchmer (DE-329) received a Navy Unit Commendation for action three days after the war ended.

References

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External links

List of Edsall Class Destroyer Escorts
USS Fessenden DE/DER-142
Destroyers OnLine: The Destroyer Escorts
Edsall Class www.destroyerhistory.org

↑ U.S. Destroyers, an illustrated design history by Norman Friedman, ISBN 1557504423 Chapter 7

[1] U.S. Destroyers, an illustrated design history by Norman Friedman, ISBN 1557504423 Chapter 7

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v t e United States naval ship classes of World War II
Aircraft carriers	Lexington · Ranger^S · Yorktown · Wasp^S · Essex · Midway^C
Light aircraft carriers	Independence · Saipan^C
Escort carriers	Long Island · Bogue · Sangamon · Charger · Casablanca · Commencement Bay
Battleships	Wyoming · New York · Nevada · Pennsylvania · New Mexico · Tennessee · Colorado · North Carolina · South Dakota · Iowa · Montana^X
Large cruisers	Alaska
Heavy cruisers	Pensacola · Northampton · Portland · New Orleans · Wichita^S · Baltimore · Oregon City^C · Des Moines^C
Light cruisers	Omaha · Brooklyn · St. Louis · Atlanta · Cleveland · Fargo^C · Worcester^C
Destroyers	Wickes · Clemson · Farragut · Porter · Mahan · Gridley · Bagley · Somers · Benham · Sims · Benson · Gleaves · Fletcher · Allen M. Sumner · Robert H. Smith · Gearing
Destroyer escorts	Evarts · Buckley · Cannon · *Edsall* · Rudderow · John C. Butler
Patrol frigates	Asheville · Tacoma
Minesweepers	Lapwing · Raven · Auk · Eagle^S · Hawk · Admirable
Submarines	O · R · S · Barracuda · Argonaut^S · Narwhal · Dolphin^S · Cachalot · Porpoise · Salmon · Sargo · Tambor · Mackerel · Gato · Balao · Tench
^S - Single ship of class · ^C - Completed after the war · ^X - Cancelled

Edsall class destroyer escort

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Hull Numbers

Fate of Ships

Destroyed or damaged in combat

Transferred to US Coast Guard from 1951 to 1954

Transferred to other countries

Notable ships of class

References

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Class overview
300px *USS Edsall* (DE-129)**
Name:	Edsall class destroyer escort
Builders:	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Operators:	United States Navy United States Navy 22x20px Republic of Vietnam Navy Philippine Navy 22x20px Tunisia Navy 22x20px Vietnamese People's Navy 22x20px Mexican Navy
Preceded by:	Cannon class destroyer escort
Succeeded by:	Rudderow class destroyer escort
Planned:	85
Completed:	85
Active:	0
Laid up:	0
Lost:	5
Retired:	85
Scrapped:	75
Preserved:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer Escort
Displacement:	1,253 tons standard 1,590 tons full load
Length:	306 feet (93.27 m)
Beam:	36.58 feet (11.15 m)
Draft:	10.42 full load feet (3.18 m)
Propulsion:	2-shaft Fairbanks Morse diesels, 6,000 bhp
Speed:	21 knots
Range:	10,800 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement:	186
Armament:	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns (3 × 1) 2 × 40 mm AA guns (1 × 2) 8 × 20 mm AA guns (8 × 1) 3 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (1 × 3) 8 × depth charge projectors 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog) 2 × depth charge tracks