![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/USS_William_T._Powell_%2528DE-213%2529_underway_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_on_9_July_1944_%252880-G-239228%2529.jpg/640px-USS_William_T._Powell_%2528DE-213%2529_underway_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_on_9_July_1944_%252880-G-239228%2529.jpg&w=640&q=50)
USS William T. Powell
Buckley-class destroyer escort / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Powell.
USS William T. Powell (DE/DER-213), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Gunner's Mate William T. Powell (1918-1942), who was killed in action, aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco off Guadalcanal on 12 November 1942.
Quick Facts History, United States ...
![]() | |
History | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Name | USS William T. Powell |
Namesake | William T. Powell |
Ordered | 1942 |
Builder | Charleston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 26 August 1943 |
Launched | 27 November 1943 |
Commissioned | 28 March 1944 |
Decommissioned | 9 December 1949 |
Recommissioned | 28 November 1950 |
Decommissioned | 17 January 1958 |
Reclassified |
|
Stricken | 1 November 1965 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 3 October 1966 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Buckley-class destroyer escort |
Displacement |
|
Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
Draft |
|
Propulsion |
|
Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Range |
|
Complement | 15 officers, 198 men |
Armament |
|
Close
William T. Powell was laid down on 26 August 1943 at the Charleston Navy Yard; launched on 27 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Elsie V. Powell, mother of Gunner's Mate Powell, and commissioned on 28 March 1944.