Photo. www.navsource.org By Ed Zajkowski
Class: Edsall Type: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
08 December 1942: Keel laid by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex
24 January 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. D. I. Thomas, daughter of Captain Howar
29 July 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr G. D. Kissam, USNR, in command
17 June 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years and 10½ months of service
01 October 1972: Struck from the NVR
09 May 1974: Sold for scrapping to the Southern Scrap Materials Corp., New Orleans, La.
Displacement: 1,200 tons (std) 1,590 tons (full)
Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 12' 3" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks.
Machinery: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws.
Speed: 21 knots.
Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots.
Crew: 8 / 201.
Between 4 October 1943 and 19 March 1944 Douglas D. Howard escorted three convoys to
Photo. www.navsource.org By Ed Zajkowski. USS Douglas L. Howard seen off Brooklyn New York prior to be sent to the Pacific.
USS Douglas L. Howard plying the waters of the Atlantic.. Photo by Joe Radigan.
USS Douglas L. Howard coming alongside with De 139 Farquhar. Photo www.desausa.org. Provided by Jim Keppler