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DE-216 / APD-66 Enright

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Kilo - Lima
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

USS Enright (APD-66) was transferred to Ecuador, renamed BAE Veinticinco De Julio (E-12)
Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down, 22 February 1943, as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Launched, 29 May 1943
  • Commissioned USS Enright (DE-216), 21 September 1943, LCDR. A. Wildner in command
  • During World War II Enright was assigned to both the European and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters and participated in the following campaign:
  • Converted to a Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
  • Redesignated (APD-66), 21 January 1945
  • Decommissioned, 21 June 1946, at Green Cove Springs FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs
  • Transferred to Ecuador, 14 June 1967, renamed BAE Veinticinco De Julio (E-12), later renamed BAE Moran Valvere (D-01), circa 1976-77
  • Hull renumbered twice more to (D-03) then (D-02)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 March 1978
  • Purchased out right by the government of Ecuador, 30 August 1978
  • Deleted by the Ecuador Navy in 1989
  • Final Disposition, presumed broken up and scrapped
  • Enright received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,400 t.
    Length 306' (oa)
    Beam 36' 10"
    Draft 13' 6" (max)
    Speed 24 kts.
    Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts.
    Complement 186
    Troop Capacity 162
    Boats four LCVP landing craft
    Armament
    one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    three twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
    two depth charge tracks
    Propulsion two GE turbines, (turbo-electric drive), two boilers two shafts, 12,000 shp
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    Enright 39k Ex-Enright (APD-66) at anchor, circa 1968, while in Ecuadorian service as BAE Veinticinco De Julio (E-12), location unknown.
    Ecuadorian Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    NavSource DE Pages, USS Enright (DE-216)
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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