Edsall-class destroyer escort

  • 3 x 7.62 -inch guns in Einzelafetten
  • 2 x 40 mm anti-aircraft guns ( 1x2 )
  • 8 x 20 mm AA- MK ( 8x1 )
  • 3 x 53.3 cm torpedo tubes in a triple set
  • 2 x depth charge racks on the stern drain
  • 8 x depth charge mortars, four on each side
  • 1 x Hedgehog

The destroyer escort of the Edsall class were built and used for convoy escort service. Here, their main task was the defense of U- boat attacks and, if possible, the destruction of one or more submarines. The lead ship of this class was the USS Edsall (DE- 129).

Hull numbers

A total of 85 ships of the Edsall class were built. The ships were built in series, which were delivered in 4 blocks to the U.S. Navy. The following table illustrates this approach.

Comments on ships of this class

Destroyed or damaged during the battles

  • USS Frederick C. Davis ( DE -136 ) - torpedoed by U 546 and gesunkem on April 24, 1945 in the North Atlantic
  • USS Fiske (DE- 143) - torpedoed by U 804 and sunk on 2 August 1944 north of the Azores
  • USS Leopold (DE -319) - torpedoed by U 371 and sunk on March 9, 1944 south of Iceland
  • USS Holder ( DE -401 ) - damaged on 11 April 1944 in the vicinity of Algeria by a German plane

Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard from 1951 to 1954

  • USS Newell (DE- 322) - renamed WDE -422
  • USS Falgout (DE- 324) - renamed WDE -424
  • USS Finch (DE- 328) - renamed WDE -428
  • USS Koiner (DE- 331) - renamed WDE -431
  • USS Ramsden (DE- 382) - renamed WDE -482
  • USS Richey (DE- 385) - renamed WDE -485
  • USS Vance (DE -387 ) - renamed WDE -487
  • USS Durant (DE- 389) - renamed WDE -489
  • USS Chambers ( DE -391 ) - renamed WDE -491

Sold to other nations

  • USS Hurst (DE- 250) - sold to the Mexican Navy. Renamed to Comodoro Manuel Azueta Perillos (E -30)
  • USS Camp ( DE -251 ) - sold to South Vietnam. Renamed to Tran Hung Dao. Later sold to the Philippines as Rajah Lakandula
  • USS Thomas J. Gary (DE- 326) - sold to Tunisia
  • USS Forster ( DE -334 ) - sold to South Vietnam. Renamed to Tran Khanh Du ( HQ- 04). With the capture of Saigon by North Vietnam captured, renamed Dai Ky ( HQ- 03) and used as a training boat.

Other notes

  • USS Stewart (DE- 238) - is now a museum ship in Galveston, Texas
Knot (unit) Hedgehog (weapon) August 2 April 11 Evarts-class destroyer escort Buckley-class destroyer escort Cannon-class destroyer escort Rudderow-class destroyer escort John C. Butler-class destroyer escort Dealey-class destroyer escort Claud Jones-class destroyer escort
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