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She was under overhaul at <a href="/wiki/Mare_Island" title="Mare Island">Mare Island</a> from 19 January until 27 February 1945.</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/54px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/107px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United States</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><b>USS <i>Engstrom</i> (DE-50)</b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Navy_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Navy Yard">Philadelphia Navy Yard</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>1 April 1942</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>24 July 1942 as <b>HMS <i>Drury</i> (BDE-50)</b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>21 June 1943 as <b>USS <i>Engstrom</i> (DE-50)</b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>19 December 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>8 January 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold for scrap on 26 December 1946</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Evarts_class_destroyer_escort" class="mw-redirect" title="Evarts class destroyer escort">Evarts class destroyer escort</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>1,140 (standard), 1,430 tons (full)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>283 ft 6 in (86.41 m) (waterline), 289 ft 5 in (88.21 m) (overall))</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>35 ft 2 in (10.72 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) (max)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 <a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a> Model 16-278A <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engines" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel engines">diesel engines</a> with electric drive</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6,000 shp</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 <a href="/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">screws</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>19 kn (35 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>4,150 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nm</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>15 officers, 183 enlisted</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td>3 × <a href="/wiki/3%22/50_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="3"/50 caliber gun">3 in (76 mm)</a> cal Mk 22 <a href="/wiki/Dual-purpose_gun" title="Dual-purpose gun">dual-purpose guns</a> (1×3), 4 × <a href="/wiki/1.1%22/75_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="1.1"/75 caliber gun">1.1"/75 caliber gun</a> (1×4), 9 × <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">Oerlikon 20 mm Mk 4 AA cannons</a>, 1 × <a href="/wiki/Hedgehog_(weapon)" title="Hedgehog (weapon)">Hedgehog Projector Mk 10</a> (144 rounds), 8 × Mk 6 <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charge</a> projectors, 2 × Mk 9 depth charge tracks</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS Engstrom (DE-50)</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Evarts_class_destroyer_escort" class="mw-redirect" title="Evarts class destroyer escort">Evarts class destroyer escort</a> constructed for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. She was sent off into the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> to protect <a href="/wiki/Convoys" class="mw-redirect" title="Convoys">convoys</a> and other ships from <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> <a href="/wiki/Submarines" class="mw-redirect" title="Submarines">submarines</a> and fighter <a href="/wiki/Aircraft" title="Aircraft">aircraft</a>. She performed escort and <a href="/wiki/Antisubmarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Antisubmarine">antisubmarine</a> operations in dangerous battle areas and returned home safely to the States. </p><p>She was launched on 24 July 1942 by <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Navy_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Navy Yard">Philadelphia Navy Yard</a> as <b>HMS <i>Drury</i> (BDE-50)</b>; reallocated to the USN; assigned the name <i><b>Engstrom</b></i> on 4 March 1943; and commissioned on 21 June 1943. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Namesake">Namesake</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Engstrom&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Namesake"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Warren Leonard Engstrom was born on 5 January 1921 in <a href="/wiki/Superior,_Wisconsin" title="Superior, Wisconsin">Superior, Wisconsin</a>. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a> class of 1942, which was graduated in December 1941. He reported for duty on <a href="/wiki/USS_Northampton_(CA-26)" title="USS Northampton (CA-26)">USS <i>Northampton</i></a> on 5 February 1942, and was killed in action 30 November 1942 when his ship was damaged in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tassafaronga" title="Battle of Tassafaronga">Battle of Tassafaronga</a>. Just prior to his death he had been appointed <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(junior_grade)" title="Lieutenant (junior grade)">Lieutenant (junior grade)</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Engstrom&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Engstrom&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Engstrom</i> sailed from <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>, on 20 August 1943 for <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a>, where she joined a <a href="/wiki/Convoy" title="Convoy">convoy</a> bound for the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal_Zone" title="Panama Canal Zone">Panama Canal Zone</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, California, arriving on the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="West Coast of the United States">west coast</a> on 9 September. On the 27th, she got underway for Adak and over a year of duty in northern waters. Often fighting weather almost as dangerous as the enemy, she escorted combatant and auxiliary ships, acted as <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a> picket ship for air operations between <a href="/wiki/Attu_Island" title="Attu Island">Attu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paramushiro" class="mw-redirect" title="Paramushiro">Paramushiro</a>, and screened surveying ships. </p><p>The escort vessel returned to <a href="/wiki/Mare_Island" title="Mare Island">Mare Island</a>, California, on 19 January 1945 for overhaul and, after training at <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a>, sailed on convoy duty to <a href="/wiki/Eniwetok" class="mw-redirect" title="Eniwetok">Eniwetok</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saipan" class="mw-redirect" title="Saipan">Saipan</a>, her base from 31 March through the end of the war for escort assignments to Eniwetok, <a href="/wiki/Ulithi" title="Ulithi">Ulithi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Iwo_Jima" title="Iwo Jima">Iwo Jima</a>. The men and supplies, whose movement she guarded, saw action on <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postwar">Postwar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Engstrom&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Postwar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 12 September-11 October 1945, <i>Engstrom</i> patrolled out of <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>. She reached <a href="/wiki/San_Pedro,_Los_Angeles" title="San Pedro, Los Angeles">San Pedro, Los Angeles</a> on 24 October, and was decommissioned on 19 December 1945, being sold on 26 December 1946. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Engstrom&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg/60px-American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg/90px-American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg/120px-American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Campaign_Medal" title="American Campaign Medal">American Campaign Medal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg/60px-Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg/90px-Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg/120px-Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asiatic%E2%80%93Pacific_Campaign_Medal" title="Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal">Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg/60px-World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg/90px-World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg/120px-World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="140" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_Victory_Medal" title="World War II Victory Medal">World War II Victory Medal</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Engstrom&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text from the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> </i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships" title="Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships">Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships</a><i>. 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Miller</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cabana" title="USS Cabana"><i>Cabana</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Dionne" title="USS Dionne"><i>Dionne</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Canfield" title="USS Canfield"><i>Canfield</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Deede" title="USS Deede"><i>Deede</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Elden" title="USS Elden"><i>Elden</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cloues" title="USS Cloues"><i>Cloues</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lake" title="USS Lake"><i>Lake</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lyman" title="USS Lyman"><i>Lyman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Crowley" title="USS Crowley"><i>Crowley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rall" title="USS Rall"><i>Rall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Halloran" title="USS Halloran"><i>Halloran</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Connolly" title="USS Connolly"><i>Connolly</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Finnegan" title="USS Finnegan"><i>Finnegan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_O%27Toole_(DE-527)" title="USS O'Toole (DE-527)"><i>O'Toole</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_John_J._Powers" title="USS John J. 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Halsey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evarts-class_destroyer_escort" title="Evarts-class destroyer escort"><i>Keppler</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evarts-class_destroyer_escort" title="Evarts-class destroyer escort"><i>Lloyd Thomas</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evarts-class_destroyer_escort" title="Evarts-class destroyer escort"><i>William C. Lawe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evarts-class_destroyer_escort" title="Evarts-class destroyer escort"><i>Willard Keith</i></a></li> <li>DE-315 (Unnamed)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a><br /><small>Part of <a href="/wiki/Captain-class_frigate" title="Captain-class frigate">Captain class</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th id="Completed" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Completed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bayntun" title="HMS Bayntun"><i>Bayntun</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bazely" title="HMS Bazely"><i>Bazely</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Berry" title="HMS Berry"><i>Berry</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Blackwood_(K313)" title="HMS Blackwood (K313)"><i>Blackwood</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Burges_(K347)" title="HMS Burges (K347)"><i>Burges</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Capel_(K470)" title="HMS Capel (K470)"><i>Capel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Drury" title="HMS Drury"><i>Drury</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cooke" title="HMS Cooke"><i>Cooke</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Dacres" title="HMS Dacres"><i>Dacres</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Domett" title="HMS Domett"><i>Domett</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Foley_(K474)" title="HMS Foley (K474)"><i>Foley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Gardiner" title="HMS Gardiner"><i>Gardiner</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Garlies" title="HMS Garlies"><i>Garlies</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Goodall" title="HMS Goodall"><i>Goodall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Goodson" title="HMS Goodson"><i>Goodson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Gore" title="HMS Gore"><i>Gore</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Gould" title="HMS Gould"><i>Gould</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Grindall" title="HMS 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/></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_Navy" title="Republic of China Navy">Republic of China Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wyffels_(DE-6)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Wyffels (DE-6)"><i>Tai Kang</i></a> (ex-<i>Wyffels</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Decker_(DE-47)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Decker (DE-47)"><i>Tai Ping</i></a> (ex-<i>Decker</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <i>None</i></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/Buckley-class_destroyer_escort" title="Buckley-class destroyer escort"><i>Buckley</i> class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a 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