USS Keith (DE-241)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Keith |
| Namesake | Ellis Judson Keith |
| Builder | Brown Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down | 1942 |
| Launched | 21 December 1942 |
| Commissioned | 19 July 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 20 September 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 November 1972 |
| Honors & awards | 1 × battle star for World War II service |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Edsall-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement | 1,200 tons |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 7 in (8.10 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) |
| Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h) |
| Complement | 186 |
| Armament | 3 × 3 in (76 mm), 8 × 40 mm., 10 × 20 mm., 2 × depth charge tracks, 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors, 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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USS Keith (DE-241) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1974.