USS Bauer (DE-1025)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Bauer |
| Namesake: | Harold W. Bauer |
| Laid down: | 1 December 1955 |
| Launched: | 7 June 1957 |
| Commissioned: | 21 November 1957 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 December 1973 |
| Struck: | 3 December 1973 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Dealey-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,877 long tons (1,907 t) full load |
| Length: | 314 ft 6 in (95.86 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 9 in (11.20 m) |
| Draft: | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Foster-Wheeler boilers 1 × De Laval geared turbine 20,000 shp (15 MW) 1 shaft |
| Speed: | 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 170 |
| Armament: | • 4 × 3"/50 caliber guns • 1 × Squid ASW mortar • 6 × 324 mm (12.8 in) Mark 32 torpedo tubes • Mark 46 torpedoes |
| Service record | |
| Operations: | Vietnam War |
| Awards: | 2 Battle stars |
USS Bauer (DE-1025) was a Dealey-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was named for Lieutenant Colonel Harold William Bauer, naval aviator and recipient of the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous courage as Commander of Marine Fighting Squadron 212 in the South Pacific between 10 May and 14 November 1942.
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