HMS Calder K349
Scrapped. 15th Jan.1948
Navy:
RN
Type:
Escort Destroyer
Class:
Captain
Pennant:
K 349
Built by:
Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham,
Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Laid down:
11 Dec, 1942
Launched:
27 Mar, 1943
Commissioned:
15 Jul, 1943 to RN
End service:
Returned to the US on 19 Oct, 1945.
History:
Decomm. on 4 Dec 1945.
Specifications:
Class: Buckley (lend-lease)
Type: TE (turbine-electric, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (light), 1740 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 13' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric
drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots
Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1),
8-20mm Mk4 AA (varied by ship), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 , 4-Mk6 depth
charge projectors, 2-Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 186
Former name:
USS Formoe DE 58