USS Weeden

Weeden on 19 January 1945
History
United States
NameUSS Weeden
NamesakeCarl A. Weeden
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down18 August 1943
Launched27 October 1943
Commissioned19 February 1944
Decommissioned9 May 1946
In service20 November 1946
Out of service26 May 1950
Recommissioned26 May 1950
Decommissioned26 February 1958
Stricken30 June 1968
FateSold for scrapping, 27 October 1969
General characteristics
Class & typeBuckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
Length306 ft (93 m)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Draft13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion
  • Turbo-electric drive, 12,000 shp (8.9 MW)
  • 2 shafts
Speed23.6 knots (43.7 km/h; 27.2 mph)
Complement213 officers and enlisted
Armament

USS Weeden (DE-797) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1958. She was scrapped in 1969.

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