Photo. www.navsource.org By P. Pesek Contributed by a member of USS Fiske DE 143
CLASS: EDSALL
13 February 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Miss S. B. Carton, great-granddaughter of Admiral Farquhar
05 August 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr L. E. Rosenberg, USNR, in command
14 June 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 3.9 years of service
01 October 1972: Struck from the NVR
26 February 1974: Sold for scrapping to the Southern Scrap Material Corp., New Orleans, La.
Type: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns
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.
In September 1944, DE 139 Farquhar began patrols and convoy escort duty in the South Atlantic with the