USS Eversole (DE-404)
A wartime picture of USS Eversole (DE-404)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Eversole |
Namesake | John Thomas Eversole |
Builder | Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston , Texas |
Laid down | 15 September 1943 |
Launched | 3 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 21 March 1944 |
Fate | Sunk by I-45, 28 October 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | John C. Butler-class destroyer escort |
Displacement | 1,350 long tons (1,370 t) |
Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) |
Propulsion | 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp (8,900 kW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
Complement | 14 officers, 201 enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Eversole (DE-404) was a
Construction and commissioning
Eversole was laid down on 15 September 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding of Houston, Texas and launched on 3 December, sponsored by Mrs. Sarah R. Eversole, mother of Lieutenant (junior grade) Eversole. The ship was commissioned on 21 March 1944.
Operational history
Eversole sailed from
After the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Eversole rescued downed pilots, screened two of the damaged escort carriers, and took wounded off one of the carriers. In the early morning of 28 October, Eversole made contact by sonar with a submarine, and half a minute later suffered the first of two torpedo hits. The ship was ordered abandoned. After the men were all in the water, the submarine surfaced and opened fire, then dived once more. Five minutes later there was a tremendous underwater explosion which killed or wounded some of Eversole's crew. Lights from the survivors' flashlights attracted two other escorts, one of which rescued the 139 wounded survivors, as the other began a series of attacks which sank I-45, presumably the Japanese submarine which had torpedoed Eversole.
Honors
Eversole received two
See also
- See List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II for other Navy ships lost in World War II.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- "Eversole". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
- "USS Eversole (DE-404)". Destroyer Escort Photo Archive. Archived from the original on 8 October 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2007.