USS Durik (DE-666)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
|
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 22 June 1943 |
| Launched: | 9 October 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 24 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 June 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 June 1965 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 30 January 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,740 tons full 1,400 tons, standard |
| Length: | 306 ft 0 in (93.3 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 9 in (11.2 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | GE turbo-electric drive, 12,000 shp (8.9 MW) two propellers |
| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,940 nautical miles at 12 knots (9,200 km at 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 15 officers, 198 men |
| Armament: | 3 × 3 in (76 mm) DP guns, 3 × 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes, 1 × 1.1 in (28 mm) quad AA gun, 8 × 20 mm cannon, 1 × hedgehog projector, 2 × depth charge tracks, 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors |
USS Durik (DE-666) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Apprentice Seaman Joseph E. Durik (1922–42).
Durik was launched 9 October 1943 by Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pennsylvania; sponsored by Mrs. M. Durik, mother of Seaman Apprentice Durik; and commissioned 24 March 1944, Commander K. B. Smith in command.
Between 20 May and 30 November 1944 Durik made two voyages from New York and Norfolk, Virginia escorting convoys to Casablanca, Bizerte, and Palermo. She served as schoolship for precommissioning crews of escort vessels, frigates, and high-speed transports at Norfolk from 9 December 1944 to 14 January 1945, then returned to convoy duty, making two voyages to Oran, Algeria, between 17 January 1945 and 19 May.
Durik arrived at Miami, Florida, 8 June 1945 to serve as schoolship for the instruction of student officers. From 21 July to 5 September she was briefly overhauled at New York and trained at Guantanamo Bay, then returned to duty at Miami until 1 November when she arrived at Mayport, Fla., to serve as plane guard for Solomons (CVE-67) during the qualifications of pilots in carrier operations. On 28 March 1946 Durik entered Charleston Naval Shipyard, and on 27 April arrived at Green Cove Springs, Fla., where she was placed out of commission in reserve 15 June 1946.
[edit] References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
