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USS Pope (DE-134)
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | John Pope |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
Laid down | 14 July 1942 |
Launched | 12 January 1943 |
Commissioned | 25 June 1943 |
Decommissioned | 17 May 1946 |
Stricken | 2 January 1971 |
Honours and awards | 3 Battle Stars plus the Presidential Unit Citation |
Fate | Sold 22 August 1973, scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Edsall-class destroyer escort |
Displacement |
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Length | 306 feet (93.27 m) |
Beam | 36.58 feet (11.15 m) |
Draft | 10.42 full load feet (3.18 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
Range |
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Complement | 8 officers, 201 enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Pope (DE-134) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.
She was named after commodore John Pope, born 17 December 1798 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. This Ship also commemorated the destroyer USS Pope (DD-225) that had been sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942. She was laid down by Consolidated Steel Co., Orange, Texas, 14 July 1942; launched 12 January 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Rae W. Fabens, and commissioned 25 June 1943.