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| History | |
|---|---|
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| Laid down: | 3 November 1943 |
| Launched: | 7 December 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 10 December 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 1947 |
| In service: | 26 February 1951 |
| Out of service: | 25 February 1958 |
| Stricken: | 1 August 1972 |
| Fate: | sold for scrapping 5 February 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,350/1,745 tons |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) (oa) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m) (max) |
| Propulsion: | 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws |
| Speed: | 24 knots |
| Range: | 6,000 nm @ 12 knots |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 201 enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 × 5"/38 guns, 4 (2×2) 40 mm anti-aircraft (AA) guns, 10 × 20 mm AA guns, 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 1 × Hedgehog, 8 × depth charge throwers, 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Osberg (DE-538) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1947 and from 1951 to 1958. She sold for scrapping in 1974.
History
The ship was named after Ensign Carl A. Osberg, who was killed in action on 4 June 1942 while serving as the pilot of a TBD Devastator torpedo bomber during the Battle of Midway.[1][2]
Osberg was commissioned on 10 December 1945 and was decommissioned on 15 May 1947. She was recommissioned for duty during the Korean War on 26 February 1951. She operated in the Atlantic Ocean until her second decommissioning on 25 February 1958. She was struck from the Navy list on 1 August 1972, and, on 5 February 1974 she was sold for scrapping.
See also
References
- ^ Picture of Torpedo Squadron Three (VT-3) with Osberg below left, before the Battle of Midway
- ^ He is mentioned in Herman Wouk's novel War and Remembrance