USS Sanders (DE-40)

History
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	3 × 3 in (76 mm) Mk 22 (1×3),; 1 × 1.1"/75 caliber gun Mk 2 quad AA (4×1),; 9 × 20 mm Mk 4 AA,; 1 Hedgehog Projector,; Mk 10 (144 rounds),; 8 Mk 6 depth charge projectors,; 2 Mk 9 depth charge tracks;

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 )
	World War II Victory Medal

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

NavSource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive - USS Sanders (DE-40)