USS Baker (DE-190)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Baker (DE-190) |
| Namesake: | John Drayton Baker |
| Builder: | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey |
| Laid down: | 9 September 1943 |
| Launched: | 28 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 23 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 4 March 1946 |
| Struck: | 18 April 1952 |
| Honors and awards: |
1 battle star for World War II |
| Fate: | Transferred to France, 29 March 1952 |
| Career (France) | |
| Name: | Malgache (F724) |
| Acquired: | 29 March 1952 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 January 1969 |
| Fate: | Sunk as a target, 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Cannon-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) standard 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) full |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) o/a 300 ft (91 m) w/l |
| Beam: | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Range: | 10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 15 officers and 201 enlisted |
| Armament: | • 3 × single Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns • 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun • 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns • 3 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes • 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar (144 rounds) • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks |
USS Baker (DE-190) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She returned home at war’s end with a one battle star for her assistance in sinking a German submarine.
Baker was named after Ensign John Drayton Baker who was awarded a Navy Cross posthumously after the Battle of Coral Sea. The ship was laid down on 9 September 1943 at Port Newark, New Jersey, by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; launched on 28 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Margaret Baker, the mother of Ens. Baker; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 23 December 1943, Lt. Comdr. Luke B. Lockwood, USNR, in command.
Read more about USS Baker (DE-190): World War II Atlantic Ocean Operations, Sinking of German Submarine U-616, Attack On A German Submarine, Sinking of The German Submarine U-233, New Year’s Day in New York City, Damaged in North Atlantic Storms, Sinking German Submarine U-548, Celebrating The End of The War With Germany, Post-war Decommissioning, Awards
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