USS Brackett (DE-41)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Brackett |
| Laid down: | 12 January 1943, as BDE-41 for the United Kingdom |
| Launched: | 1 August 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 18 October 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 23 November 1945 |
| Renamed: | Brackett, 16 June 1943 |
| Struck: | 5 December 1945 |
| Honors and awards: |
3 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 22 May 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Evarts-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,140 long tons (1,158 t) standard 1,430 long tons (1,453 t) full |
| Length: | 289 ft 5 in (88.21 m) o/a 283 ft 6 in (86.41 m) w/l |
| Beam: | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft (3.4 m) (max) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW) 2 screws |
| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Range: | 4,150 nmi (7,690 km) |
| Complement: | 15 officers and 183 enlisted |
| Armament: | • 3 × single 3"/50 Mk.22 dual purpose guns • 1 × quad 1.1"/75 Mk.2 AA gun • 9 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns • 1 × Hedgehog Projector Mk.10 (144 rounds) • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks |
USS Brackett (DE-41) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft. She performed escort and anti-submarine operations in dangerous battle areas and sailed home proudly displaying three battle stars.
She was laid down as BDE-41 on 12 January 1943 at Bremerton, Washington, by the Puget Sound Navy Yard; redesignated DE-41 on 16 June 1943; launched on 1 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. George G. Brackett, the mother of Lt. Brackett; and commissioned on 18 October 1943, Lt. John H. Roskilly, Jr., in command.
Read more about USS Brackett (DE-41): World War II Pacific Theatre Operations, Support Assaults On Japanese-Held Islands, Support of The Saipan Operations, Other Escort Operations, Ordered Stateside At War's End, End-of-War Decommissioning, Awards, See Also
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