USS Scott (DE-214)
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United States | |
Name | USS Scott |
Namesake | Robert R. Scott |
Ordered | 1942 |
Builder | Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia |
Laid down | 1 January 1943 |
Launched | 3 April 1943 |
Commissioned | 20 July 1943 |
Decommissioned | 3 March 1947 |
Stricken | 1 July 1965 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 20 January 1967 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Buckley-class destroyer escort |
Displacement |
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Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
Draft |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | 15 officers, 198 men |
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USS Scott (DE-214), was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947. She was scrapped in 1967.
History
Scott was named in honor of
Scott was laid down on 1 January 1943 by the
After shakedown at
On 1 November 1944, Scott left Norfolk, Virginia with a slow convoy for the Mediterranean, but was detached on 15 November to assist USS Frament which had been damaged in a collision with the Luigi Settembrini, off the Azores. She helped search for Italian survivors, and then escorted Frament back to Boston, arriving on 3 December.
Between 14 December 1944 and 16 January 1945, Scott provided training services for submarines in New London, Connecticut. On the 16th, she departed New London escorting the Le Centaure to Casablanca. After repairs at Bermuda and the Azores, the submarine was safely delivered at Casablanca on 23 February. Scott then escorted two Army dredges from the Azores to Delaware Bay, arriving on 30 March.
Scott next served under the Atlantic Training Command, first at Norfolk and then at
Scott spent most of the next two months at Casco Bay, Maine, except for four days at Charleston, South Carolina in early October and Navy Day at Newburgh, New York, at the end of the month. The escort arrived at Green Cove Springs, Florida, on 21 November 1945 for inactivation and was decommissioned there on 3 March 1947 and placed in reserve. Scott was struck from the Navy List on 1 July 1965 and was sold on 20 January 1967 to Southern Scrap Metals Company, New Orleans, for scrapping.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Scott at NavSource Naval History