USS Edsall (DE-129)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | Norman Edsall |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
| Laid down | 2 July 1942 |
| Launched | 1 November 1942 |
| Commissioned | 10 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 11 June 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1968 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Edsall-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 306 ft (93 m) overall |
| Beam | 36 ft 7 in (11.15 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) ax |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Range |
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| Complement | 8 officers, 201 enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Edsall (DE-129) was the
her class of destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Seaman Norman Edsall
(1873–1899).
Edsall was laid down by the
launched 1 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Bessie Edsall Bracey, sister of Seaman Edsall; and commissioned
10 April 1943.
History
Edsall was a schoolship at
.Between 1 July 1944 and 3 June 1945, she ranged
Britain. While escorting the sixth convoy en route to New York from Liverpool on 10 April 1945, Edsall along with other escorts were quick to come to the assistance of two tankers
in the convoy who had collided. Edsall searched for survivors and helped extinguish fires which broke out.
Edsall sailed for the
Pacific on 24 June 1945, but World War II ended while she was training at Pearl Harbor, and she returned East. She was placed out of commission in reserve at Green Cove Springs, Florida
, on 11 June 1946.
Edsall was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 June 1968, and sold for scrap in July 1969.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
