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USS Engstrom (DE 50)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - G - C - L

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Evarts
Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 tons (light), 1,430 tons (full)
Length: 283' 6" (wl), 289' 5" (oa)
Beam: 35' 0" (extreme)
Draft: 11' 0" (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), 1 - 1.1"/75 cal. Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 9 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 183

Engstrom (DE 50) Building and Operational Data:

01 April 1942: Keel laid as HMS Drury (BDE 50) by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.

24 July 1942: Launched as HMS Drury (BDE-50)

04 March 1943: Reallocated to the U.S. Navy, assigned the name Engstrom

21 June 1943: Commissioned, Lt. D. A. Nienstedt, USNR, in command

01 October 1945: Decommissioned at San Pedro, Cal. after 2 years and 4⅓ months of service

08 January 1946: Struck from the NVR

29 December 1946: Sold for scrapping to the National Metal and Steel Corp., Terminal Island, Los Angeles, Cal.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0605001	39k	Warren Leonard Engstrom, born 05 January 1921 in Superior, Wis., was a member of the Naval Academy class of 1942, which was graduated in December 1941. He reported for duty in USS *Northampton* (CA 26) on 05 February 1942, and was killed in action 30 November 1942 when his ship was damaged in the Battle of Tassafaronga. Just prior to his death he had been appointed lieutenant (junior grade). USS *Engstrom* (DE 50) (1943-1945) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy thanks to Nell Horn)	Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal.
0605002	406k	02 July 1943: the Delaware River - *Engstrom* photographed off the Philadelphia Navy Yard. (U.S. Navy photos #CP-DE-50 19-N-47400 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.; courtesy of Chris Wright)	Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.
0605004	100k	Inboard view of *Engstrom* showing detail aft of bridge. Note the 3" training loader forward of the funnel. [U.S. National Archives, from the book "Allied Escort Ships of World War II (A Complete Survey", by Peter Elliott]	Edib Krlicbegovic, Bosnia - Hercegovina
0605005	91k	27 February 1945: Bow on view of *Engstrom* off Mare Island. (U.S. Navy Photo #DE-50-1506-45)	Darryl Baker PNCM, USNR (ret.) Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum
0605006	115k	27 February 1945: Broadside view of *Engstrom. She was under overhaul at Mare Island from 19 January until 27 February 1945. (U.S. Navy Photo #DE-50-1508-45)*
0605007	96k	27 February 1945: Stern view of *Engstrom* off Mare Island. (U.S. Navy Photo #DE-50-1507-45)
0605010	161k	27 February 1945: San Francisco Bay - The destroyer escort USS *Engstrom* (DE 50), underway in San Francisco Bay. Photographed by the Mare Island Navy Yard. (U.S. Navy photo #19-N79872 from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.)	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0605008	192k	03 March 1945: Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Pieter Bakels Wehl, The Netherlands
0605009	185k	03 March 1945: Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Pieter Bakels Wehl, The Netherlands
0605011	151k	Two Undated Wartime Views	Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.
0605012	123k	Two Undated Wartime Views	Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.

Engstrom History
View the USS Engstrom (DE 50) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View a short article on the design and development of the Evarts Class DE submitted by Bob Sables.
View the official War History of USS Engstrom as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Engstrom's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 21 Jun. 1943 - 01 Jan. 1944	Lcdr. Donald Albert Nienstedt, USNR (Comm. CO) (prior enl. / USNA '34) (Los Angeles, Cal.)
2.) 01 Jan. 1944 - 01 Feb. 1945	Lcdr. James Vandozee Brown, USNR (Williamsport, Pa.)
3.) 01 Feb. 1945 - 01 Oct. 1945	Lcdr. Donald W. McCoy, USNR (Decomm. CO)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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Additional Resources

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