USS Pillsbury (DE-133)

History
United States
Namesake	John E. Pillsbury
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	18 July 1942
Launched	10 January 1943
Commissioned	7 June 1943 to 1947 15 March 1955 to 20 June 1960
Reclassified	DER-133, August 1954
Stricken	1 July 1965
Honours and awards	5 battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1966
General characteristics
Class and type	Edsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,253 tons standard 1,590 tons full load
Length	306 feet (93.27 m)
Beam	36.58 feet (11.15 m)
Draft	10.42 full load feet (3.18 m)
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 Pillsbury (DE-133) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947. She served again as a radar picket ship from 1955 to 1960 and was sold for scrapping in 1966.