_off_Boston,_Massachusetts_(USA),_on_15_July_1944_(80-G-382879).jpg) USS Oberrender on 15 July 1944
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Oberrender |
| Namesake | Thomas Olin Oberrender Jr. |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
| Laid down | 8 November 1943 |
| Launched | 18 January 1944 |
| Commissioned | 11 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 11 July 1945 |
| Stricken | 25 July 1945 |
| Identification | Hull classification symbol: DE-344 |
| Honors and awards | 3 battle stars |
| Fate | Sunk as a target on 6 November 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | John C. Butler–class destroyer escort |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 306 ft (93.3 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 36 ft 10 in (11.2 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 4 in (4.1 m) |
| Installed power | 2 boilers; 12,000 shp (8,900 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 propellers; 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 14 officers and 201 enlisted men |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
| Armament |
|
USS Oberrender (DE-344) was a John C. Butler–class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant Commander Thomas Olin Oberrender Jr., the engineering officer of the light cruiser USS Juneau, who was killed when that ship was torpedoed and sunk during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942.
Laid down in November 1943, launched in January 1944, and commissioned almost four months later, Oberrender served on convoy escort duty in the Pacific from late 1944, with an interlude protecting escort carriers during the early stages of the invasion of Leyte. She was heavily damaged by the explosion of the ammunition ship USS Mount Hood at Manus and was repaired there during November. Returned to service in December, Oberrender served on anti-submarine patrol during the Battle of Okinawa, during which she was irreparably damaged by a kamikaze attack in early May 1945. As a result, she was decommissioned and sunk as a target late that year.