USS Eldridge (DE-173)

Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company

1240 ts

93 m

11.2 m

2.7 m

168 officers and men

21 kn

10,800 nautical miles at 12 knots

3 x 76.2 mm guns 3 x 533 mm torpedo tubes 1 x 40 mm Mk 1 Flak 8 x 20mm Mk 4 Flak 1 Hedgehog launcher Mk 10 (144 shots) 8 x Mk 6 depth charge throwers ( for Mk 9 depth charges ) two Mk 3 Drainage Racks ( for Mk 6 depth charges )

The USS Eldridge (DE -173 ), a destroyer escort of the Cannon- class, was a ship of the U.S. Navy, which was named after John Eldridge Jr., a soldier, who took part in the invasion of the Solomon Islands.

The Eldridge was established by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Kearny, New Jersey February 22, 1943 at Kiel. The launch took place on 25 July 1943 and it was placed under the command of Lieutenant CR Hamilton in service on 27 August 1943.

Between January 1944 and May 9, 1945 4th she was used as escorts for supply transports into the Mediterranean to North Africa and Southern Europe. She made nine trips to escort convoys to Casablanca, Bizerte and Oran.

On 28 May 1945, she left New York to provide their service in the Pacific. On their trip to Saipan, she had contact with an underwater object that was immediately attacked. However, no results could be registered. On August 7, they arrived at Okinawa, where it was used for escort and patrol.

On June 17, 1946 she was decommissioned and assigned to the reserve. On January 15, 1951, she was handed over to Greece, where she was billed as Leon D -54 to 1992 service.

Supposedly they should have been involved in the out put as legend Philadelphia Experiment.