USS Bangust (DE-739)
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Bangust (DE-739) |
| Namesake: | Joseph Bangust, World War II Navy Cross winner |
| Builder: | Western Pipe and Steel Company, Los Angeles, California |
| Way number: | WPS Hull No. 96 |
| Laid down: | 11 February 1943 |
| Launched: | 6 June 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Stephen W. Gerber |
| Commissioned: | 30 October 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 November 1946 |
| Struck: | 18 April 1952 |
| Honors and awards: |
11 battle stars for World War II |
| Fate: | Transferred to Peru, 21 February 1952 |
| Career (Peru) | |
| Name: | BAP Castilla (F-61) |
| Acquired: | 21 February 1952 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1979 |
| 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) (max) |
| 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, 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 Bangust (DE- 739) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She returned to the States at war's end with a near-record setting number of eleven battle stars. (Riddle (DE-185) earned the highest number for destroyer escorts: twelve.)
She was named in honor of Joseph Bangust who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his actions in the air against the Japanese early in the war. The ship was laid down on 11 February 1943 at Los Angeles, California, by the Western Pipe and Steel Company; launched on 6 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Stephen W. Gerber; and commissioned at her builder's yard on 30 October 1943, Lt. Comdr. Charles F. MacNish, USNR, in command.
Read more about USS Bangust (DE-739): World War II Service, Post-War Service, Awards