![]() USS Leopold (DE-319) launching at Orange, Texas on 12 June 1943
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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 |
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Class and type | Edsall-class destroyer escort |
Displacement |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.