USS Alger (DE-101)

History

United States
Namesake:	Philip Rounsevile Alger
Builder:	Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down:	2 January 1943
Launched:	8 July 1943
Commissioned:	12 November 1943
Decommissioned:	10 March 1945
Struck:	20 July 1953
Fate:	Transferred to Brazil 10 March 1945
History
Brazil
Name:	NAe Babitonga (D-16)
Acquired:	10 March 1945
Out of service:	1964
Fate:	Stricken and scrapped, 1964
General characteristics
Class and type:	Cannon-class destroyer escort
Displacement:	1,240 long tons (1,260 t)
Length:	306 ft (93 m)
Beam:	36 ft 8 in (11.2 m)
Draft:	8 ft 9 in (2.7 m)
Installed power:	6,000 hp (4,500 kW) (diesels) 4,500 kW (6,000 hp) (electric motors)
Propulsion:	4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive 2 × screws
Speed:	21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range:	10,800 nmi (12,400 mi; 20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:	15 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament:	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns (3×1) 2 × 40 mm AA guns (1x2) 8 × 20 mm AA guns (8×1) 3 × 21 in. torpedo tubes (1×3) 8 × depth charge projectors 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog) 2 x depth charge tracks

USS Alger (DE-101) was a Cannon class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Alger was named for Philip Rounsevile Alger.

She was laid down on 2 January 1943 by the Dravo Corp., Wilmington, Delaware; launched on 8 July 1943; sponsored by Miss Louisa Rodgers Alger; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 12 November 1943, Lt. Comdr. W. F. Porter in command.

On 30 November, Alger sailed for Bermuda and shakedown. She returned to Philadelphia for post-shakedown availability, then headed for the Caribbean on 15 January 1944, and arrived at Trinidad on 21 January. There, she was assigned to Task Group (TG) 42.5 and departed on the 31st in the screen of a convoy bound for Recife, Brazil. While en route, Alger collided with a merchantman and sustained slight damage to her bow. However, she continued on to Brazil and reached Recife on 14 February.

Upon her arrival there, the ship was assigned to Task Group 41.5 for patrol duty along the Brazilian coast which she carried out until 1 June. On that day, Alger departed Recife to escort a convoy to Trinidad. She reached that island on 8 June and then sailed back to Recife with another convoy.

On 17 July, Alger joined the screen of the escort carrier Solomons and sailed for anti-submarine warfare exercises off the coast of Brazil. She then resumed patrol duty and continued that work through most of November. Alger rendezvoused at sea on the last day of the month with Task Group 42.3 and escorted a convoy to Rio de Janeiro.

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