USS Sanders (DE-40)
Appearance
History | |
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United States | |
Name | (BDE-40) |
Builder | Puget Sound Navy Yard |
Laid down | 7 September 1942 |
Launched | 18 June 1943 |
Commissioned | 1 October 1943 |
Decommissioned | 12 December 1945 |
Reclassified | (DE-40) 14 June 1943, USS Sanders, 16 June 1943 |
Stricken | 8 January 1946 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 8 May 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Evarts class destroyer escort |
Displacement | 1,140 (std), 1,430 tons (full) |
Length | 289 ft 5 in (88.21 m) (oa), 283 ft 6 in (86.41 m) (wl) |
Beam | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) (max) |
Propulsion | 4 diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws |
Speed | 19 knots |
Range | 4,150 nm |
Complement | 15 officers / 183 enlisted |
Armament |
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The second USS Sanders (DE-40) was an
battle stars
.
She was originally designated for transfer to the
Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington
; named Sanders on 14 June 1943; reclassified DE-40 on 16 June 1943; launched on 18 June 1943; and commissioned on 1 October 1943.
Namesake
Eugene Thomas Sanders was born on 15 March 1899 in
Philippine Islands, 29 January 1936 to 3 April 1937; and on USS Canopus from 6 April 1937 to 10 March 1938. On 7 May 1940, Chief Boatswain Sanders reported to USS Arizona. Appointed Ensign on 3 November 1941, he died on Arizona during the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
on 7 December 1941.
Service history
After
Kusaie Island on 1 June. She then escorted support shipping to the Mariana Islands from August through October. Following patrol and escort duties in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands from November–March 1945, she guarded a logistics support group, supplying fast carrier task forces in the western Pacific, from April–June. Sailing via Pearl Harbor, she arrived at San Francisco
, California, on 15 July for overhaul.
Remaining on the United States West Coast, she was decommissioned on 19 December 1945. Struck from the
Terminal Island, California
, and scrapped in 1948.
Awards
American Campaign Medal | |
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with four service stars )
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World War II Victory Medal
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References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.