U S NAVY 4th FLEET AT RECIFE - SHIP INDEX DE
22)DE 241 KEITH
Photo. www.desausa.org by Bob Skoog, crewmember
CLASS: EDSALL
TYPE: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
4 August 1942: Keel laid as Scott by the Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, Tex.
8 December 1942: Renamed Keith
21 December 1942: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Ellis J. Keith, Sr., mother of Seaman Keith
19 July 1943: Commissioned at Houston, Tex., Lt. D. Cochran in command
20 July 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla.
1 November 1972: Stricken from the NVR
18 January 1974: Sold for scrapping
Displacement: 1,200 tons (std) 1,590 tons (full)
Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 12' 3" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks.
Machinery: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws.
Speed: 21 knots.
Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots.
Crew: 8 / 201.
After returning from convoy escort duty 22 February 1944, DE 241 KEITH underwent extensive refresher training and participated in antisubmarine warfare exercises before sailing on 15 March as part of escort carrier
On 30 August, CORE’s hunter-killer group contacted an enemy submarine. KEITH, assisting in the search, made two hedgehog attacks with inconclusive results. KEITH continued to operate with the hunter-killer group patrolling the vast waters of the
