U S NAVY 4th FLEET AT RECIFE - SHIP INDEX DE
23)DE 243 J. RICHARD WARD
USS J R Ward seen somewhere in the Atlantic. Photo Wikipedia
CLASS: EDSALL
TYPE: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
30 September 1942: Keel laid by the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.
6 January 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Miss Marjorie Ward, sister of Seaman First Class Ward
5 July 1943: Commissioned, Lt. T. S. Dunstan in command
13 June 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla.
2 January 1971: Stricken from the NVR
10 April 1972: 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 training in March 1944, Destroyer Escort DE 243 J. Richard Ward was assigned to a hunter-killer group built around
