USS Menges

	USS Menges (DE-320)
History
United States
Name	Menges
Namesake	Herbert Hugo Menges
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	22 March 1943
Launched	15 June 1943
Commissioned	26 October 1943
Decommissioned	January 1947
Stricken	2 January 1971
Fate	Sold for scrapping
General characteristics
Class & type	Edsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,253 tons standard; 1,590 tons full load;
Length	306 ft (93.27 m)
Beam	36.58 ft (11.15 m)
Draft	10.42 ft (3.18 m) full load
Propulsion	4 × FM diesel engines; 4 × diesel-generators; 6,000 shp (4,500 kW); 2 × screws;
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range	9,100 nmi (16,900 km; 10,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	8 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament	3 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns; 1 × twin 40 mm AA guns; 8 × single 20 mm AA guns; 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 8 × depth charge projectors; 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog); 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Menges (DE-320) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II.

History
USS Menges (DE-320)
United States
Name	Menges
Namesake	Herbert Hugo Menges
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	22 March 1943
Launched	15 June 1943
Commissioned	26 October 1943
Decommissioned	January 1947
Stricken	2 January 1971
Fate	Sold for scrapping
General characteristics
Class & type	Edsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,253 tons standard 1,590 tons full load
Length	306 ft (93.27 m)
Beam	36.58 ft (11.15 m)
Draft	10.42 ft (3.18 m) full load
Propulsion	4 × FM diesel engines 4 × diesel-generators 6,000 shp (4,500 kW) 2 × screws
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range	9,100 nmi (16,900 km; 10,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	8 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament	3 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns 1 × twin 40 mm AA guns 8 × single 20 mm AA guns 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 8 × depth charge projectors 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog) 2 × depth charge tracks