USS Earle
![]() USS Earle, January 1943 at New York Navy Yard.
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Name | Earle |
Namesake | Ralph Earle |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 14 June 1941 |
Launched | 10 December 1941 |
Commissioned | 1 September 1942 |
Decommissioned | 17 May 1947 |
Stricken | 1 December 1969 |
Fate | Sold October 1970 and broken up for scrap |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,630 tons |
Length | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 0 in (11.28 m)[1] |
Draft | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 37.4 knots (69 km/h) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
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USS Earle (DD-635/DMS-42), a
Earle was
Service history
Between 12 December 1942 and 28 April 1943, Earle escorted three convoys carrying essential men and supplies to Casablanca. On her first voyage, she made two night attacks on surfaced submarines. Sailing from Norfolk on 8 June she arrived at Oran on 22 June to prepare for the invasion of Sicily, and screened the transport area off Scoglitti on 10 July. Two days later she carried on an inspection of the beach area, and then served on escort duty between north Africa ports and Sicily until 11 August when she got underway for New York, arriving the 22nd.
From 6 December 1943 to 1 May 1944, Earle escorted convoys between
Earle arrived at Norfolk on 20 June 1945 for conversion to a
Earle was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 December 1969, sold October 1970, and broken up for scrap.
Awards
Earle received two
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.