USS Foote (DD-511)

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USS Foote
USS Foote
Overview
Type destroyer
Shipyard

Bath Iron Works

Keel laying April 14, 1942
Launch October 11, 1942
1. Period of service flag
period of service

December 22, 1942-18. April 1946

Whereabouts January 1974 sold for demolition
Technical specifications
displacement

2,100  ts

length

114.7 meters

width

12.2 meters

Draft

5.4 meters

crew

329

drive
speed

35 kn

Range

6,500  nautical miles (11,700 km) at 15 knots

Armament

When commissioning:

The USS Foote (DD-511) was a destroyer of Fletcher-class and served in the US Navy in World War II . She was decommissioned in 1946 and was part of the reserve fleet until 1972 . In 1974 it was sold for demolition.

Namesake

Rear Adm. Andrew Hull Foote (1806–1863) was an officer in the US Navy and served in the American Civil War .

technology

Hull and drive

The hull of the USS Foote was 114.7 m long and 12.2 m wide. The draft was 5.4 m, the displacement was 2,100 tons . The ship was powered by two General Electric steam turbines, and the steam was generated in four Babcock & Wilcox boilers. The power was 60,000 shaft horsepower, the top speed was 35 knots .

Armament and Electronics

The main armament of the USS Foote was its five 5 "(127 mm) / 38 Mk.30 single turrets. In addition there were various anti-aircraft guns . The anti-aircraft armament was reinforced in the course of the war.

The USS Foote was equipped with radar . An SG and an SC radar were mounted on the mast above the bridge, with which aircraft could be located at distances between 15 and 30 nautical miles and ships between 10 and 22 nautical miles.

history

The USS Foote was laid down at Bath Iron Works on April 14, 1942 and launched on October 11, 1942. The godmother was JC Aspinwall, granddaughter of the namesake. On December 22, 1942, the destroyer was put into service under the command of Commander Bernard L. Austin.

1943

After test and training trips between the east coast of the United States and Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, the USS Foote escorted a convoy to Casablanca between April 1 and May 9 . The ship was then prepared for use in the Pacific . On June 28, 1943, the USS Foote Nouméa reached and was the Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) 23 , the Little Beavers subordinate. During the next three months she escorted convoys from Nouméa to Guadalcanal , Efate , Espiritu Santo , Vella Lavella and Rendova . At the end of September she was operating against Japanese boats that were supposed to evacuate troops from Kolombangara . In October she was mainly used in escort service. On October 26 and 27, she covered the landings on the Treasury Islands . On October 31, it shelled Japanese airfields on Buka and coastal batteries on the Shortland Islands as part of the landing on Bougainville . During the landing in Kaiserin Augusta Bay on the morning of November 1, 1943, four Japanese cruisers and six destroyers were reported south of Rabaul . The DesRon 23 destroyers headed north to intercept the Japanese formation. The Japanese ships were located on November 2 at 2:27 a.m. In the ensuing naval battle near the Empress Augusta Bay , the USS Foote was hit by a Japanese Long Lance torpedo . She lost her stern as a result of the torpedo hit. 19 men were killed and 17 wounded. Despite the severe damage, the crew managed to keep the destroyer floating so that the ship, accompanied by the USS Charles Ausburne , could be towed to Purvis Bay for temporary repairs, where it came in on November 4th.

1944

On March 4, the USS Foote , towed by the SS Gulf Star , entered San Pedro for repair and modernization. Between August 4 and October 24, she served in San Francisco as a training ship for the first crews of the new destroyers. She then drove to Kossol Roads , Palau and from November 13th belonged to the umbrella of an aircraft carrier group that protected the convoys from Manus to Leyte from the air. From December 24th she was prepared for the Battle of Luzon .

1945

On January 4, 1945, the USS Foote met the amphibious landing party, whose target was the Gulf of Lingayen . Before landing on January 9, she shot at target near the beach. After a quick transfer to Leyte to escort a supply formation, she operated in the Gulf of Lingayen and returned to Leyte again on March 31. She was in the escort service until May 13th and was then transferred to Okinawa . There it served as a radar outpost and shot down an aircraft during the numerous air raids. She took part in the landings on Iheya-jima between June 3 and 6 and the landing on Aguni Shima on June 9, 1945. She patrolled Okinawa waters until September 10th. She reached New York on October 7, 1945 and took part in the Victory Parade in New York Harbor.

Whereabouts

The USS Foote was decommissioned on April 18, 1946 and assigned to the reserve fleet. On October 1, 1972, she was deleted from the fleet list and sold for demolition on January 2, 1974.

Awards

The USS Foote received four Battle Stars for service in World War II.

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