USS Marsh

History
United States
Name	USS Marsh
Namesake	Benjamin R. Marsh, Jr.
Ordered	1942
Builder	Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Laid down	23 June 1943
Launched	25 September 1943
Commissioned	12 January 1944
Decommissioned	1 August 1962
Stricken	15 April 1973
Honors and; awards	1 battle star (World War II); 4 battle stars (Korea);
Fate	Sold for scrap, 20 February 1974
General characteristics
Class and type	Buckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t) light; 1,673 long tons (1,700 t) standard;
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	Turbo-electric drive, 12,000 shp (8.9 MW); 2 shafts;
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement	186
Armament	3 × 3"/50 caliber guns; 1 × quad 1.1"/75 caliber gun; 8 × single 20 mm guns; 1 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Marsh (DE-699) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy.

History

United States
Name	USS Marsh
Namesake	Benjamin R. Marsh, Jr.
Ordered	1942
Builder	Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Laid down	23 June 1943
Launched	25 September 1943
Commissioned	12 January 1944
Decommissioned	1 August 1962
Stricken	15 April 1973
Honors and awards	1 battle star (World War II) 4 battle stars (Korea)
Fate	Sold for scrap, 20 February 1974
General characteristics
Class and type	Buckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t) light 1,673 long tons (1,700 t) standard
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	Turbo-electric drive, 12,000 shp (8.9 MW) 2 shafts
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement	186
Armament	3 × 3"/50 caliber guns 1 × quad 1.1"/75 caliber gun 8 × single 20 mm guns 1 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks