USS Muir (DE-770)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States
|
|
| Name: | USS Muir |
| Namesake: | Kenneth Hart Muir |
| Builder: | Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida |
| Laid down: | 1 June 1943 |
| Launched: | 4 June 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 30 August 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | September 1947 |
| Struck: | 15 November 1974 |
| Fate: | Loaned to South Korea, 2 February 1956 |
 South Korea
|
|
| Name: | ROKS Kyongki (F-71) |
| Acquired: | 2 February 1956 |
| Struck: | 28 December 1977 |
| Fate: | Sent to the Philippines to be cannibalized for spare parts |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cannon-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: |
|
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Range: | 10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 15 officers and 201 enlisted |
| Armament: |
|
USS Muir (DE-770) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States 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.
She was named in honor of Kenneth Hart Muir who was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Navy Cross for his "outstanding courage and unselfish devotion to his men" when he went down with his ship after getting his men off before it went down.
Muir was laid down by Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, Florida, on 1 June 1943; launched on 4 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Witten H. McConnochie, sister of the late Lieutenant (jg.) Muir; and commissioned on 30 August 1944, Lt. Comdr. Theodore A. O’Gorman, USNR, in command.
Following shakedown off Bermuda, British West Indies, Muir operated as school ship in the Chesapeake Bay area from 16 November into December. On 9 December she sailed for Europe, arriving off Gibraltar the 26th to begin a year of convoy duty between the east coast and Mediterranean ports. She also served as part of a "Killer Group," Task Group 22.13, so called because the primary duty was to hunt and destroy enemy submarines. Towards the end of the European war, Muir operated with Task Force 63 which stymied the German U-boats' final thrust against Allied shipping in the North Atlantic.
...
Wikipedia