USS Burden R. Hastings (DE-19)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Burden R. Hastings |
| Laid down: | 15 April 1942 |
| Launched: | 20 November 1942, as HMS Duckworth (BDE-19) |
| Commissioned: | 1 May 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 October 1945 |
| Renamed: | USS Burden R. Hastings, 25 January 1943 |
| Struck: | 13 November 1945 |
| Honors and awards: |
4 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 1 February 1946 |
| 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 Burden R. Hastings (DE-19) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy during World War II. Immediately after being built, she was crewed and send to the Pacific Ocean to escort convoys and to protect them from air and submarine attack. During her wartime service, she was credited with having sunk one Japanese submarine and otherwise protecting numerous ships from danger. She was awarded four battle stars for her services in battle areas.
Originally built for the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease, she was launched as HMS Duckworth (BDE-19) on 20 November 1942 by Mare Island Navy Yard. Taken over by the United States and reclassified DE-19 on 25 January 1943, the ship was renamed Burden R. Hastings on 19 February 1943; and commissioned on 1 May 1943, Lieutenant Commander P. A. Walker, USNR, in command.
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