USS Durik

	Durik in the Atlantic, December 1944
History
Laid down	22 June 1943
Launched	9 October 1943
Commissioned	24 March 1944
Decommissioned	15 June 1946
Stricken	1 June 1965
Fate	Sold for scrap, 30 January 1967
General characteristics
Displacement	1,740 tons full; 1,400 tons, standard;
Length	306 ft 0 in (93.27 m)
Beam	36 ft 9 in (11.20 m)
Draft	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	GE turbo-electric drive,; 12,000 shp (8.9 MW); two propellers;
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h)
Range	4,940 nautical miles (9,150 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	15 officers, 198 men
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm) DP guns,; 3 × 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes,; 1 × 1.1 in (28 mm) quad AA gun,; 8 × 20 mm cannon,; 1 × hedgehog projector,; 2 × depth charge tracks,; 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors;

USS Durik (DE-666) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Apprentice Seaman Joseph E. Durik (1922–42).

Durik was launched 9 October 1943 by Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pennsylvania; sponsored by Mrs. M. Durik, mother of Seaman Apprentice Durik; and commissioned 24 March 1944, Commander K. B. Smith in command.

Between 20 May and 30 November 1944 Durik made two voyages from New York and Norfolk, Virginia escorting convoys to Casablanca, Bizerte, and Palermo. She served as schoolship for precommissioning crews of escort vessels, frigates, and high-speed transports at Norfolk from 9 December 1944 to 14 January 1945, then returned to convoy duty, making two voyages to Oran, Algeria, between 17 January 1945 and 19 May.

Durik arrived at Miami, Florida, 8 June 1945 to serve as schoolship for the instruction of student officers. From 21 July to 5 September she was briefly overhauled at New York and trained at Guantanamo Bay, then returned to duty at Miami until 1 November when she arrived at Mayport, Fla., to serve as plane guard for USS Solomons (CVE-67) during the qualifications of pilots in carrier operations. On 28 March 1946 Durik entered Charleston Naval Shipyard, and on 27 April arrived at Green Cove Springs, Fla., where she was placed out of commission in reserve 15 June 1946.

John D. Cartano was the acting captain of Durik in 1944-1945.^[1]

References

^ Per notation on the reverse of this photo presented by the Navy to John D. Cartano after WWII.