USS Leopold

USS Leopold (DE-319) launching at Orange, Texas on 12 June 1943
History
United States
Name	USS Leopold
Namesake	Robert Lawrence Leopold
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	24 March 1943
Launched	12 June 1943
Sponsored by	Ms. Helen S. Leopold
Commissioned	18 October 1943
Fate	Sunk by the submarine U-255, 10 March 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Edsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,253 long tons (1,273 t) (standard) 1,590 long tons (1,616 t) (full load)
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36.58 ft (11.15 m)
Draft	10.42 ft (3.18 m) full load
Installed power	6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion	4 × FM diesel engines 4 × diesel-generators 2 × shafts
Speed	21 kn (24 mph; 39 km/h)
Range	9,700 nmi (11,200 mi; 18,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 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 Leopold (DE-319) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Ensign Robert Lawrence Leopold to date it is the only United States Navy vessel to bear the name.