USS Foss

USS Foss on 8 December 1944
History
United States
Name	USS Foss
Namesake	Rodney Shelton Foss
Ordered	1942
Builder	Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard
Laid down	31 December 1942
Launched	10 April 1943
Commissioned	23 July 1943
Decommissioned	30 October 1957
Stricken	1 November 1965
Honors and awards	1 battle star (Korea)
Fate	Sunk as target, 6 September 1966
General characteristics
Class and type	Buckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t) light 1,740 long tons (1,768 t) standard
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) standard 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) full load
Propulsion	2 × boilers General Electric turbo-electric drive 12,000 shp (8.9 MW) 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3,600 lb (1,600 kg) 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) diameter, 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) pitch 2 × rudders 359 tons fuel oil
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range	3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	15 officers, 198 men
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 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Foss (DE-59) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, in service from 1943 to 1957. She was sunk as a target in September 1966.