USS Andres (DE-45)
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| Name: | HMS Capel (BDE-45) |
| Namesake: | Eric Theodore Andres |
| Laid down: | 12 February 1942 |
| Launched: | 24 July 1942 |
| Sponsored by: | Mary Elizabeth Schumacher |
| Commissioned: | 15 March 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 October 1945 |
| Reclassified: | DE-45 25 January 1943 |
| Struck: | 1 November 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Evarts class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,140 (std), 1,430 tons (full) |
| Length: | 289 ft 5 in (88.21 m) (oa), 283 ft 6 in (86.41 m) (wl) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) (max) |
| Propulsion: | 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws |
| Speed: | 19 knots |
| Range: | 4,150 nm |
| Complement: | 15 officers / 183 enlisted |
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USS Andres (DE-45) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. Sent off to the dangerous waters of the North Atlantic Ocean during the Battle of the Atlantic to protect convoys and other ships from Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine U-boats and fighter aircraft, Andres performed escort and anti-submarine operations.
Andres was originally built as HMS Capel (BDE-45) for the United Kingdom, allocated to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease. Laid down on 12 February 1942 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched on 24 July 1942; sponsored by Miss Mary Elizabeth Schumacher, the daughter of Captain Theodore L. Schumacher, USN, who was assigned to the Philadelphia Navy Yard; reclassified to DE-45 on 25 January 1943 when the ship was reallocated to the United States Navy; renamed Andres on 4 March 1943; and commissioned at her builders' yard on 15 March 1943, Lieutenant Commander Clayton R. Simmers in command.
After fitting out, undergoing post-commissioning alterations, and completing acceptance trials, Andres proceeded to Bermuda, whence she carried out her shakedown from 12 April to 3 May. Upon completion of this training, she sailed for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 3 May.
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