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DE 3 / HMS Berry (K.312)

Specifications:
Class: Evarts (lend-lease)
Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1140 tons (light), 1430 tons (full)
Length: 283' 6" (wl), 289' 5" (oa)
Beam: 35' (extreme)
Draft: 11' (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 kts
Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 4-20mm Mk 4 AA (varied by ship), 4 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 156
Building and Operational Data:
  • Contract Awarded, 1 November 1941
  • Keel Laid, 22 September 1942 at Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston MA
  • Launched, 23 November 1942
  • Transferred to RN and commissioned as HMS Bayntun (K.310) 15 March 1943
  • Returned to USN at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 2 February 1946
  • Decommissioned at Philadelphia NSY on 19 October 1945
  • Stricken 12 March 1946
  • Sold to the North American Smelting Co. of Philadelphia. That firm took possession of her on 9 November 1946 and completed her scrapping on 4 November 1948
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    Berry 89k undated wartime image: HMS Berry (ex-DE 3), HMS Duckworth (K.351, ex-DE 61) and HMS Essington (K.353, ex-DE 67), tied up to a mooring buoy in Plymouth harbour after returning from convoy escort duty. (Imperial War Museum photo #A023465, from the book "U-boats vs Destroyer Escorts", by Gordon Williamson) Robert Hurst
    View the HMS Berry (K.312), ex-DE 3, DANFS history entry
    located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
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