USS Laub (DD-613)
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USS Laub (DD-613)
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| Name: | USS Laub (DD-613) |
| Namesake: | Henry Laub |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down: | 1 May 1941 |
| Launched: | 28 April 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 24 October 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 February 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1971 |
| Fate: | sold on 14 January 1975 and broken up for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Benson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,620 tons |
| Length: | 348 ft 2 in (106.12 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draught: | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
| Speed: | 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h) |
| Complement: | 276 |
| Armament: | 5 x 5 in (130 mm)/38 guns, 10 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt. |
USS Laub (DD-613) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second ship named for Henry Laub, who was killed during the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813.
Laub was laid down 1 May 1941 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Pedro, California; launched 28 April 1942; sponsored by Miss Barbara Mohun Handley, a collateral descendant of Henry Laub; and commissioned 24 October 1942, Lieutenant Commander J. F. Gallaher in command.
After shakedown along the west coast, Laub steamed through the Panama Canal, arriving Norfolk, Virginia 1 February 1943. She departed New York 7 February, escorting a convoy to North Africa. After reaching Casablanca, the destroyer patrolled the African coast until departing 14 March with a return convoy to the United States.
The following month, she sailed with another convoy. On 26 May, while escorting a return convoy, she joined other escorts in chasing off an enemy U-boat set on attacking the vulnerable supply ships in the convoy. The destroyer departed New York on her third extended voyage 11 June to join Allied forces in north Africa preparing for the invasion of Sicily. On 5 July she sailed from Oran to screen the transports and their passage to the strategic Sicilian beaches.
The amphibious force arrived off Sicily 4 days later, made a dramatic night landing, and the next day fought off Nazi aircraft. On the 11th, while bombarding the shore, Laub assisted in downing an aircraft. Continuing fire support operations, Laub destroyed four tanks and damaged strategic bridges.
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