USS Underhill

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USS Underhill (DE-682)
History
United States
Builder	Bethlehem Steel Company
Laid down	16 September 1943
Launched	15 October 1943
Commissioned	15 November 1943
Stricken	1 September 1945
Fate	Sunk by Japanese Kaiten manned torpedo 24 July 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Buckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,400 tons light, 1,673 tons standard
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	Turbo-electric drive, 12,000 hp (8.9 MW)
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h)
Complement	15 officers, 198 sailors
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm) (76.2 mm) (3x1) 4 × 1.1"/75 caliber gun (1x4) 8 × 20 mm cannon (8x1) 3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (later removed) 1 × hedgehog, 2 × depth charge tracks 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors

USS Underhill (DE-682) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy during World War II. Built in 1943, she served in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific until her sinking in a suicide attack by a Japanese Kaiten manned torpedo on 24 July 1945.