Edsall class

*Edsall* class
	The lead ship Edsall
Ship data
country	United States
Ship type	Escort destroyer
Construction period	1942 to 1944
Launch of the type ship	November 1, 1942
Units built	85
period of service	1943 to 1973
Ship dimensions and crew
length	93.27 m ( Lüa )
width	11.15 m
Draft	Max. 3.18 m
displacement	Standard: 1,253 tn.l. ; Maximum: 1,590 tn.l.
crew	186 men
Machine system
machine	Fairbanks-Morse - Diesel
Machine ; performance	6,000 PS (4,413 kW)
Top ; speed	21 kn (39 km / h)
propeller	2
Armament
	3 × cannon 7.62 cm; 2 x Flak 4.0 cm; 8 × Fla - MK 2.0 cm; 2 × depth charges (at the rear); 8 × depth charges (4 on each side); 1 × hedgehog ; 3 × torpedo tube ⌀ 53.3 cm;

The escort destroyers of the Edsall class were built and used for convoy escort service. Their main task was to repel submarine attacks and, if possible, destroy one or more submarines. The lead ship of this class was the Edsall .

Hull numbers

A total of 85 Edsall- class ships were built. The ships were built in series, with these being delivered to the United States Navy in four blocks . The following table illustrates this procedure.

From	To
DE-129	DE-152
DE-238	DE-255
DE-316	DE-338
DE-382	DE-401

Notes on ships of this class

Destroyed or damaged in battle

Frederick C. Davis - torpedoed by U 546 and sunk on April 24, 1945 in the North Atlantic
Fiske - torpedoed by U 804 and sunk on August 2, 1944 north of the Azores
Leopold - torpedoed by U 371 and sunk on March 9, 1944 south of Iceland
Holder - damaged on April 11, 1944 near Algeria by a German aircraft

For the US Coast Guard transferred from 1951 to 1954

Newell - renamed WDE-422
Falgout - renamed to WDE-424
Lowe - renamed WDE-425
Finch - renamed WDE-428
Koiner - renamed to WDE-431
Forster - renamed to WDE-434
Ramsden - renamed WDE-482
Richey - renamed WDE-485
Vance - renamed to WDE-487
Durant - renamed WDE-489
Chambers - renamed WDE-491

Sold to other nations

Hurst - sold to the Mexican Navy. Renamed Comodoro Manuel Azueta Perillos (E-30)
Camp - sold to South Vietnam . Renamed to Tran Hung Dao . Later to the Philippines as Rajah Lakandula sold
Thomas J. Gary - sold to Tunisia
Forster - sold to South Vietnam . Renamed to Tran Khanh Du (HQ-04). Captured from North Vietnam during the conquest of Saigon , renamed Dai Ky (HQ-03) and used as a training boat.

Other notes

Stewart - is now a museum ship in Galveston, Texas

Web links

Commons : Edsall class - collection of images, videos, and audio files

List of Edsall Class Destroyer Escorts ( Memento from October 12, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
USS Fessenden DE / DER-142 ( Memento of March 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )