USS Evarts (DE-5)

The Evarts class destroyer escorts were 73 destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1942–1944. They served in World War II as convoy escorts and anti-submarine warfare ships. USS Evarts (DE-5). ... USS Evarts (DE-5). ... USS Evarts (DE-5) was launched 7 December 1942 by Boston Navy Yard as BDE-5, intended for transfer to Great Britain; retained for use in the U.S. Navy; and commissioned 15 April 1943, Lieutenant Commander C. B. Henriques, USNR, in command. ... A Destroyer Escort (DE) is a small, fast warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships. ... This article is about the year. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ... A convoy is a group of vehicles or ships traveling together for mutual support. ... Anti-submarine warfare is a term referring to warfare directed against submarines. ...

The lead ship was USS Evarts (DE-5), launched on 7 December 1942. The first ship to be completed was commissioned on 20 January 1943 at the Boston Navy Yard; it was delivered to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease provisions and became HMS Bayntun. Evarts-class ships were driven by diesel-electric power with four diesel engines mounted in tandem with electric drives. The ships were prefabricated at various factories in the United States and the units brought together in the shipyards, where they were welded together on the slipways. The lead ship is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design. ... USS Evarts (DE-5) was launched 7 December 1942 by Boston Navy Yard as BDE-5, intended for transfer to Great Britain; retained for use in the U.S. Navy; and commissioned 15 April 1943, Lieutenant Commander C. B. Henriques, USNR, in command. ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... The Boston Navy Yard, originally Charlestown Navy Yard and after 1945 Boston Naval Shipyard, was one of the oldest shipbuilding facilities of the United States Navy. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... The Lend-Lease program was a program of the United States during World War II that allowed the United States to provide the Allied Powers with war material without becoming directly involved in the war. ... A number of vehicles use a diesel-electric powerplant for providing locomotion. ... Prefabrication is the practice of manufacturing the parts of an assembly in one location, ready for them to be assembled in another place. ... A slipway is basically a ramp on the shore of a river or estuary that is used for the building or reparing of ships or boats. ...

In all, 32 Evarts-class ships were delivered to the Royal Navy. They were classed as frigates and named after captains of the Napoleonic Wars and formed part of the Captain class along with 46 ships of the Buckley class. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... Frigate is a name which has been used for several distinct types of warships at different times. ... The Napoleonic Wars was a series of wars fought during Napoleon Bonapartes rule of France. ... The Captain class frigates were a class of 78 frigates of the Royal Navy launched in 1942– 1943. ... USS Varian (DE-798) The Buckley class destroyer escorts were 102 destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1943– 1944. ...

Characteristics of (Evarts) Captain Class Frigate

• Length: 289.5 feet (overall)
• Beam: 35.0 feet
• Draught: 9.0 feet (fully loaded)
• Displacement: 1,360 tons (fully loaded)
• Propellers: Two of solid manganese bronze 8.5 feet each
• Bunkers and Radius: 126 tons (oil fuel) 5,000 miles at 15 knots
• Maximum Speed: 19 knots (Many ships were capable of (21–22 knots)
• Main Guns: 3 x 3inch/50 Mk22 Dual purpose open mounts and fired fixed shot (anti-aircraft, armour piercing or starshell) and had a range of 14,600 yards at 45 degrees and an anti aircraft ceiling of 28,000feet.
• Anti aircraft Guns: 7 x Oerlikon 20 mm guns positioned one in front of the bridge behind and above B gun also one each side of B gun in pods and two each side of the ship in pods just abaft the funnel (some of the ships had an extra Oerlikon fitted on top of the superstructure midships, the odd ship had a twin Bofors 40 mm gun instead of the extra Oerlikon.
• Hedgehog: British designed ahead throwing mortar which fired 24 bombs ahead of the ship, this was situated between A and B guns.
• Depth Charges: Approximately 200 depth charges were carried. Two sets of double rails at the stern held 24 per set. Two K gun throwers each holding five charges were situated each side of the ship just forward of the aft depth charge rails. Just forward of these, double ready rails extending to midships were fitted each side of the ship holding approximately sixty charges per side (these ready rails were added after the ships arrived back in the U.K.).
• Radar: Type SL Surface search fixed to mast above yard arm and type SA Air search only fitted to certain ships.
• Asdic (Sonar): Type 128D or Type 144 both in retractable dome.
• Direction Finding: MF Direction Finding antenna fitted in front of the bridge and HF/DF Type FH 4 antenna fitted on top of mast.

The design of the Oerlikon 20mm cannon, by Reinhold Becker dates back to 1914, and is still in use today, after having been used extensively during the Second World War. ... 40mm gun of the French swift patrol boat Glaive 40 mm Bofors Polish-made Bofors gun after the Battle of Bzura The Bofors 40 mm gun is a famous autocannon designed by the Swedish firm of Bofors. ... An anti-submarine weapon developed by the Royal Navy during World War II, the Hedgehog was deployed on convoy escort warships such as destroyers to supplement the depth charge. ... The F70 type frigates (here, La Motte-Picquet) are fitted with VDS (Variable Depth Sonar) type DUBV43 or DUBV43C tugged sonars Sonar (sound navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation under water to navigate or to detect other watercraft. ...

See also

• List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy
• List of frigates of the United States Navy subset of above with hull numbers DE/FF 1037 and higher plus all DEG/FFGs because of the United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification
• List of frigates

This is a list of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy, listed both by hull number and by name. ... This is a list of frigates of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number. ... In 1975, the United States Navy undertook a major reclassification of many of its surface vessels, including cruisers, frigates, ocean escorts, and carriers, resulting in a variety of changes to the terminology and hull classification symbols used by the Navy. ... This is a list of current frigates, updated July 2004. ...

External links

• http://www.desausa.org/ Destroyer Escort Sailors Association (DESA).
• http://www.ussslater.org/ USS Slater, the Destroyer Escort Historical Museum.
• http://www.captainclassfrigates.co.uk/ the Captain Class Frigates Association.
• http://www.uboat.net/