USS Enright

History
United States
Name	USS Enright (DE-216)
Namesake	Robert Paul Francis Enright
Ordered	1942
Builder	Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia
Laid down	22 February 1943
Launched	29 May 1943
Commissioned	21 September 1943
Reclassified	APD-66, 21 January 1945
Decommissioned	21 June 1946
Honors &; awards	1 battle star (World War II)
Fate	Transferred to Ecuador 14 July 1967
Stricken	31 March 1978
History
Ecuador
Name	BAE 25 de Julio (E-12)
Namesake	25 July 1851, Emancipation Day in Ecuador
Acquired	14 July 1967
Renamed	BAE Morán Valverde (D-01), 1975
Namesake	Rafael Morán Valverde
Stricken	1989
Fate	Scrapped, 1989
General characteristics
Class & type	Buckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t) standard; 1,740 long tons (1,768 t) full load;
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) standard; 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) full load;
Propulsion	2 × boilers; General Electric turbo-electric drive; 12,000 shp (8.9 MW); 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3,600 lb (1,600 kg) 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) diameter, 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) pitch; 2 × rudders; 359 tons fuel oil;
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range	3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph); 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph);
Complement	15 officers, 198 men
Armament	3 × 3"/50 caliber guns; 1 × quad 1.1"/75 caliber gun; 8 × single 20 mm guns; 1 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Enright (DE-216/APD-66) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. In 1967, she was transferred to Ecuador where she served until she was scrapped in 1989.

History

United States
Name	USS Enright (DE-216)
Namesake	Robert Paul Francis Enright
Ordered	1942
Builder	Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia
Laid down	22 February 1943
Launched	29 May 1943
Commissioned	21 September 1943
Reclassified	APD-66, 21 January 1945
Decommissioned	21 June 1946
Honors & awards	1 battle star (World War II)
Fate	Transferred to Ecuador 14 July 1967
Stricken	31 March 1978
History
Ecuador
Name	BAE 25 de Julio (E-12)
Namesake	25 July 1851, Emancipation Day in Ecuador
Acquired	14 July 1967
Renamed	BAE Morán Valverde (D-01), 1975
Namesake	Rafael Morán Valverde
Stricken	1989
Fate	Scrapped, 1989
General characteristics
Class & type	Buckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t) standard 1,740 long tons (1,768 t) full load
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) standard 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) full load
Propulsion	2 × boilers General Electric turbo-electric drive 12,000 shp (8.9 MW) 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3,600 lb (1,600 kg) 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) diameter, 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) pitch 2 × rudders 359 tons fuel oil
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range	3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	15 officers, 198 men
Armament	3 × 3"/50 caliber guns 1 × quad 1.1"/75 caliber gun 8 × single 20 mm guns 1 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks