The ''Evarts''-class destroyer escorts were
destroyer escorts launched in the
United States in 1942–44. They served in
World War II as
convoy escorts and
anti-submarine warfare ships. They were also known as the GMT or "short hull" DE class, with GMT standing for General Motors Tandem Diesel drive.
The
lead ship was , launched on 7 December 1942, exactly a year after the
attack on Pearl Harbor. The first ship to be completed was commissioned on 20 January 1943 at the
Boston Navy Yard; it was delivered to the
Royal Navy under the
Lend-Lease
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provisions and became . ''Evarts''-class ships were driven by
diesel-electric power with four diesel engines mounted in tandem with electric drives. The ships were
prefabricated in sections at various factories in the
United States and the units brought together in the shipyards, where they were welded together on the
slipways. The original design specified eight engines for 24 knots but other priority programs forced the use of only four with a consequent shortening of the hull.
[Friedman, Norman, ''U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History'', , Chapter 7]
In all, 105 ''Evarts''-class ships were ordered with 8 later being cancelled. The
United States Navy commissioned 65 while 32 ''Evarts''-class ships were delivered to the Royal Navy. They were classed as
frigate
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s and named after captains of the
Napoleonic Wars and formed part of the along with 46 ships of the .
Ships in Class
See also
*
List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy
*
List of frigates of the United States Navy
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subset of above with hull numbers DE/FF 1037 and higher plus all DEG/FFGs because of the
United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification
The United States Navy reclassified many of its surface vessels in 1975, changing terminology and hull classification symbols for cruisers, frigates, and ocean escorts.
Classification prior to 1975
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*
List of frigates
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References
External links
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association (DESA)USS Slater, the Destroyer Escort Historical MuseumCaptain Class Frigates Association
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Frigate classes