USS Leopold (DE-319)

USS Leopold (DE-319)



USS Leopold (DE-319) launching at Orange, Texas on 12 June 1943
Career (US)
Name: USS Leopold
Namesake: Robert Lawrence Leopold
Builder: Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down: 24 March 1943
Launched: 12 June 1943
Sponsored by: Ms. Helen S. Leopold
Commissioned: 18 October 1943
Fate: Sunk by enemy action on 10 March 1944
General characteristics
Class & type: Edsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement: 1,253 long tons (1,273 t) (standard)
1,590 long tons (1,620 t) (full load)
Length: 306 ft (93 m)
Beam: 36.58 ft (11.15 m)
Draft: 10.42 ft (3.18 m) full load
Installed power: 6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion: 4 × FM diesel engines
4 × diesel-generators
2 × shafts
Speed: 21 kn (24 mph; 39 km/h)
Range: 9,700 nmi (11,200 mi; 18,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement: 8 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament:
  • 3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns (3 × 1)
  • 2 × 40 mm AA guns (1 × 2)
  • 8 × 20 mm AA guns (8 × 1)
  • 3 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (1 × 3)
  • 8 × depth charge projectors
  • 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog)
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

The USS Leopold (DE-319) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Ensign Robert Lawrence Leopold (who served aboard the battleship Arizona and was killed during the Attack on Pearl Harbor), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

Leopold was laid down on 24 March 1943 by the Consolidated Steel Corporation of Orange, Texas; launched on 12 June 1943; sponsored by Ms. Helen S. Leopold, sister of Ensign Leopold; and ommissioned on 18 October 1943, Lieutenant Commander Kenneth C. Phillips, USCG, in command.

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