Photo www.navsource.org By Billie N Vasser GM2C and his son Gary Vasser
CLASS: EVARTS
TYPE: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
25 September 1943: Keel laid by the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass.
2 November 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. John A. O’Toole
22 January 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr J. G. Enzensperger, Jr., in command
18 October 1945: Decommissioned at Charleston, S.C.
1 November 1945: Stricken from the NVR
March 1946: Sold, scrapped
Displacement: 1,140 (std), 1,430 tons (full)
Dimensions: 289' 5" (oa), 283' 6" (wl) x 35' 0" x 11' 0" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 9 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 1 Hedgehog Projector, Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks.
Machinery:
Speed: 19 knots.
Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots.
Crew: 15 / 183.
Following shakedown off