USS Eldridge

USS Eldridge (DE-173) c. 1944
History
United States
Name	Eldridge
Namesake	John Eldridge Jr.
Ordered	1942
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Laid down	22 February 1943
Launched	25 July 1943
Commissioned	27 August 1943
Decommissioned	17 June 1946
Stricken	26 March 1951
Fate	Sold to Greece, 15 January 1951
General characteristics
Class and type	Cannon-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,240 long tons (1,260 t) (standard) 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) (full load)
Length	306 ft (93 m) o/a 300 ft (91 m) w/l
Beam	36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft	11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Installed power	4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines 6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Diesel–electric transmission 2 × screws
Speed	21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range	10,800 nmi (12,400 mi; 20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	15 officers and 201 enlisted
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber Mk. 22 guns 1 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors Mk. 1 anti-aircraft AA gun 8 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon Mk. 4 AA cannons 3 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (1×3) 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar (144 rounds) 8 × Mk. 6 depth charge projectors 2 × Mk. 9 depth charge tracks

USS Eldridge (DE-173), a Cannon-class destroyer escort, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Commander John Eldridge Jr., who led an operation for the invasion of the Solomon Islands.