USS Oberrender

A warship facing right in dazzle camouflage
USS Oberrender on 15 July 1944
History
United States
NameOberrender
NamesakeThomas Olin Oberrender Jr.
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down8 November 1943
Launched18 January 1944
Commissioned11 May 1944
Decommissioned11 July 1945
Stricken25 July 1945
IdentificationHull classification symbol: DE-344
Honors and
awards
3 battle stars
FateSunk as a target on 6 November 1945
General characteristics
Class and typeJohn C. Butler–class destroyer escort
Displacement
Length306 ft (93.3 m) (o/a)
Beam36 ft 10 in (11.2 m)
Draft13 ft 4 in (4.1 m)
Installed power2 boilers; 12,000 shp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion2 propellers; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement14 officers and 201 enlisted men
Sensors and
processing systems
  • SL-1 surface search radar
  • SA-2 air search radar
  • QC series sonar
Armament

USS Oberrender (DE-344) was a John C. Butler–class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant Commander Thomas Olin Oberrender Jr., the engineering officer of the light cruiser USS Juneau, who was killed when that ship was torpedoed and sunk during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942.

Laid down in November 1943, launched in January 1944, and commissioned almost four months later, Oberrender served on convoy escort duty in the Pacific from late 1944, with an interlude protecting escort carriers during the early stages of the invasion of Leyte. She was heavily damaged by the explosion of the ammunition ship USS Mount Hood at Manus and was repaired there during November. Returned to service in December, Oberrender served on anti-submarine patrol during the Battle of Okinawa, during which she was irreparably damaged by a kamikaze attack in early May 1945. As a result, she was decommissioned and sunk as a target late that year.