USS Edsall (DE-129)

History
United States
Namesake	Norman Edsall
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	2 July 1942
Launched	1 November 1942
Commissioned	10 April 1943
Decommissioned	11 June 1946
Stricken	1 June 1968
Fate	Sold for scrap, July 1969
General characteristics
Class and type	Edsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,590 tons full, 1,200 tons standard
Length	306 ft (93 m) overall
Beam	36 ft 7 in (11.15 m)
Draught	12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) ax
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 Edsall (DE-129) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Seaman Norman Edsall (1873–1899).

Edsall was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas on 2 July 1942; launched 1 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Bessie Edsall Bracey, sister of Seaman Edsall; and commissioned 10 April 1943.