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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:

01 November 1941: Contract Awarded

22 September 1942: Keel Laid at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass.

23 November 1942: Launched

15 March 1943: Transferred to RN and commissioned as HMS Berry (K.312)

02 February 1946: Returned to U. S. Navy custody at the Philadelphia Navy Yard

12 March 1946: Decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and struck from the NVR

09 November 1946: Sold to the North American Smelting Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

04 November 1948: Scrapping completed

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	202k	memorabilia from the christening of the future HMS *Berry*		S. Dale Hargrave Newport News, Va.
	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)*		Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

View the HMS Berry (K.312) (ex-DE 3), DANFS history entry
located on the U.S. Naval Historical Center web site.

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