USS Bridget

History
Name	USS Bridget
Namesake	Francis Joseph Bridget
Laid down	19 September 1955
Launched	25 April 1956
Commissioned	24 October 1957
Decommissioned	September 1968
Stricken	12 November 1973
Fate	Sold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and 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	list error: <br /> list (help); 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	list error: <br /> list (help); • 1 × 3"/50 caliber guns; • 1 × Squid ASW mortar; • 6 × 324 mm (12.8 in) Mark 32 torpedo tubes; • Mark 46 torpedoes
Service record

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. 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.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

^ Alsleben, Allan (1999–2000). "US Patrol Wing 10 in the Dutch East Indies, 1942". Dutch East Indies Campaign website.

External links

[1] Alsleben, Allan (1999–2000). "US Patrol Wing 10 in the Dutch East Indies, 1942". Dutch East Indies Campaign website.

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