USS Enright
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United States | |
Name | USS Enright (DE-216) |
Namesake | Robert Paul Francis Enright |
Ordered | 1942 |
Builder | Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia |
Laid down | 22 February 1943 |
Launched | 29 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 21 September 1943 |
Reclassified | APD-66, 21 January 1945 |
Decommissioned | 21 June 1946 |
Honors and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
Fate | Transferred to Ecuador 14 July 1967 |
Stricken | 31 March 1978 |
History | |
Ecuador | |
Name | BAE 25 de Julio (E-12) |
Namesake | 25 July 1851, Emancipation Day in Ecuador |
Acquired | 14 July 1967 |
Renamed | BAE Morán Valverde (D-01), 1975 |
Namesake | Rafael Morán Valverde |
Stricken | 1989 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1989 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Buckley-class destroyer escort |
Displacement |
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Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
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Complement | 15 officers, 198 men |
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USS Enright (DE-216/APD-66) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. In 1967, she was transferred to Ecuador where she served until she was scrapped in 1989.
History
Enright was named in honor of
Enright made two voyages from east coast ports to escort
On 16 April 1944, while westward bound, Enright was struck by a merchantman ship approaching the convoy. A 65-foot hole was torn in her port quarter, forward living spaces were flooded, and she took on a 9° list. The high quality of her crew was shown both in damage control work and the seamanship which brought her safely back to New York, where she was repaired in a month.
She was reclassified APD-66 on 21 January 1945. Converted to a Charles Lawrence-class
Enright cleared Leyte Gulf on 21 August 1945, to escort a supply convoy to a rendezvous off Tokyo Bay, then returned to Manila to begin a series of voyages escorting transports and carrying troops herself to the occupation of Japan and China. On 2 December 1945, she sailed from Manila for Norfolk, arriving 11 January 1946.
She was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Green Cove Springs, Florida, 21 June 1946.
Enright was transferred to Ecuador on 14 July 1967 and was renamed escort destroyer BAE 25 de Julio (E-12). The ship was renamed and reclassified as frigate BAE Morán Valverde (D-01) in 1975 and was purchased outright by Ecuador on 30 August 1978. She was stricken from the United States Naval Vessel Register on 31 March 1978. The ship was deleted in 1989.
Awards
Enright received one
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- USS Enright website
- Photo gallery of USS Enright (DE-216) at NavSource Naval History