USS Bridget

USS Bridget (DE-1024) was a Dealey-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was named for Francis Joseph Bridget, a naval aviator who served on the Commander's Staff of Patrol Wing 10^[1] during the Japanese attack on the Philippines on 8 December 1941. Bridget commanded a Naval Battalion during the Battle of the Points.^[2] He was taken prisoner with the American forces on Bataan and was killed 15 December 1944 when a Japanese prison ship in which he was embarked was sunk off Olongapo, Luzon, Philippine Islands.

NameUSS Bridget

NamesakeFrancis Joseph Bridget

BuilderPuget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle

Cost$6.000.000

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USS Bridget (DE-1024)
History
United States
Name	USS Bridget
Namesake	Francis Joseph Bridget
Builder	Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle
Cost	$6.000.000
Yard number	DE-1024
Laid down	19 September 1955
Launched	25 April 1956
Sponsored by	Mrs. Francis J Bridget
Christened	Apr 25 1956
Completed	1957
Commissioned	24 October 1957
Decommissioned	September 1973
In service	1957-1973
Out of service	Nov 1973
Renamed	1975
Stricken	12 November 1973
Fate	Sold for scrap
General characteristics
Class & type	Dealey-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,877 long tons (1,907 t) full load
Length	314 ft 6 in (95.86 m)
Beam	36 ft 9 in (11.20 m)
Draft	18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion	2 × Foster-Wheeler boilers 1 × De Laval geared turbine 20,000 shp (15 MW) 1 shaft
Speed	21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	170
Armament	4 × 3 inch/50 caliber guns 1 × Squid ASW mortar 6 × 324 mm (12.8 in) Mark 32 torpedo tubes Mark 46 torpedoes
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