USS Chatelain

	USS Chatelain (DE-149) on 4 June 1944
History
United States
Namesake	Hubert Paul Chatelain
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	25 January 1943
Launched	21 April 1943
Commissioned	22 September 1943
Decommissioned	14 June 1946
Stricken	1 August 1973
Honours and; awards	5 battle stars plus the Presidential Unit Citation
Fate	Sold for scrapping 24 June 1974
General characteristics
Class and type	Edsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,253 tons standard; 1,590 tons full load;
Length	306 feet (93.27 m)
Beam	36.58 feet (11.15 m)
Draft	10.42 full load feet (3.18 m)
Propulsion	4 FM diesel engines,; 4 diesel-generators,; 6,000 shp (4.5 MW),; 2 screws;
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h)
Range	9,100 nmi. at 12 knots; (17,000 km at 22 km/h);
Complement	8 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament	3 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns; 1 × twin 40 mm AA guns; 8 × single 20 mm AA guns; 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 8 × depth charge projectors; 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog); 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Chatelain (DE-149) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was finally scrapped in 1974.

History
USS Chatelain (DE-149) on 4 June 1944
United States
Namesake	Hubert Paul Chatelain
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	25 January 1943
Launched	21 April 1943
Commissioned	22 September 1943
Decommissioned	14 June 1946
Stricken	1 August 1973
Honours and awards	5 battle stars plus the Presidential Unit Citation
Fate	Sold for scrapping 24 June 1974
General characteristics
Class and type	Edsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,253 tons standard 1,590 tons full load
Length	306 feet (93.27 m)
Beam	36.58 feet (11.15 m)
Draft	10.42 full load feet (3.18 m)
Propulsion	4 FM diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6,000 shp (4.5 MW), 2 screws
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h)
Range	9,100 nmi. at 12 knots (17,000 km at 22 km/h)
Complement	8 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament	3 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns 1 × twin 40 mm AA guns 8 × single 20 mm AA guns 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 8 × depth charge projectors 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog) 2 × depth charge tracks