USS Richard M. Rowell (DE-403)
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 United States
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| Name: | Richard M. Rowell |
| Laid down: | 18 August 1943 |
| Launched: | 17 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 9 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 July 1946 |
| Struck: | 30 June 1968 |
| Honours and awards: |
6 battle stars |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, June 1969 |
| General characteristics | |
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| Displacement: | 1,350/1,745 tons |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m), overall |
| Beam: | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m) (max) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 201 enlisted |
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USS Richard M. Rowell (DE-403) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the United States Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war, she returned home with six battle stars to her credit.
She was named in honor of Ensign Richard M. Rowell (1916–1942) who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for downing a Japanese plane on 20 February 1942. The ship's keel was laid down 18 August 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co. at their yard in Houston, Texas; Launched on 17 November 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Agnes M. Rowell, the ship was commissioned on 9 March 1944, Lieutenant Commander Harry A. Barnard, Jr., in command.
Following shakedown off Bermuda, Richard M. Rowell departed Boston, Massachusetts on 6 May 1944 and proceeded via the Panama Canal and San Diego, California to Pearl Harbor, arriving there on 31 May. In July 1944 she escorted a convoy to Eniwetok and screened escort carriers returning to Pearl Harbor. In August she protected a transport group on its voyage to Tulagi, Solomons, and screened escort carriers to Manus. In September she protected an air support task force during the landings on Morotai on 15 September, saving two pilots.
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