USS Burden R. Hastings

History
United States
NameUSS Burden R. Hastings
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Laid down15 April 1942
Launched20 November 1942, as HMS Duckworth (BDE-19)
Commissioned1 May 1943
Decommissioned25 October 1945
RenamedUSS Burden R. Hastings, 25 January 1943
Stricken13 November 1945
Honors and
awards
4 battle stars (World War II)
FateSold for scrapping, 1 February 1946
General characteristics
TypeEvarts-class destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,140 long tons (1,158 t) standard
  • 1,430 long tons (1,453 t) full
Length
  • 289 ft 5 in (88.21 m) o/a
  • 283 ft 6 in (86.41 m) w/l
Beam35 ft 2 in (10.72 m)
Draft11 ft (3.4 m) (max)
Propulsion
Speed19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range4,150 nmi (7,690 km)
Complement15 officers and 183 enlisted
Armament

USS Burden R. Hastings (DE-19) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy during World War II. Immediately after being built, she was crewed and sent to the Pacific Ocean to escort convoys and to protect them from air and submarine attack. During her wartime service, she was credited with having sunk one Japanese submarine and otherwise protecting numerous ships from danger. She was awarded four battle stars for her services in battle areas.

Originally built for the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease, she was launched as HMS Duckworth (BDE-19) on 20 November 1942 by Mare Island Navy Yard. Taken over by the United States and reclassified DE-19 on 25 January 1943, the ship was renamed Burden R. Hastings on 19 February 1943; and commissioned on 1 May 1943.