USS Osberg

USS Osberg (DE-538) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1947 and from 1951 to 1958. She sold for scrapping in 1974.

History
United States
Laid down: 3 November 1943
Launched: 7 December 1943
Commissioned: 10 December 1945
Decommissioned: 1947
In service: 26 February 1951
Out of service: 25 February 1958
Stricken: 1 August 1972
Fate: sold for scrapping 5 February 1974
General characteristics
Displacement: 1,350/1,745 tons
Length: 306 ft (93 m) (oa)
Beam: 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draught: 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m) (max)
Propulsion: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots
Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots
Complement: 14 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament: 2 × 5"/38 guns, 4 (2×2) 40 mm anti-aircraft (AA) guns, 10 × 20 mm AA guns, 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 1 × Hedgehog, 8 × depth charge throwers, 2 × depth charge tracks

History

The ship was named after Ensign Carl A. Osberg, who was killed in action on 4 June 1942 while serving as the pilot of a TBD Devastator torpedo bomber during the Battle of Midway.[1][2]

Osberg was commissioned on 10 December 1945 and was decommissioned on 15 May 1947. She was recommissioned for duty during the Korean War on 26 February 1951. She operated in the Atlantic Ocean until her second decommissioning on 25 February 1958. She was struck from the Navy list on 1 August 1972, and, on 5 February 1974 she was sold for scrapping.

See also

References
  1. Picture of Torpedo Squadron Three (VT-3) with Osberg below left, before the Battle of Midway
  2. He is mentioned in Herman Wouk's novel War and Remembrance
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