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{{Short description|Buckley-class destroyer escort}}
{{hatnote|Several terms redirect here. For other ships called Morán Valverde, see [[BAE Morán Valverde]].}}
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|Ship image= USS Enright (DE-216) underway at sea, circa in 1944.jpg
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag= {{USN flag|1946}}
|Ship name=USS ''Enright'' (DE-216)
|Ship namesake=Robert Paul Francis Enright
|Ship ordered= 1942
|Ship builder=[[Philadelphia Navy Yard]], [[Philadelphia]]
|Ship laid down= 22 February 1943
|Ship launched= 29 May 1943
|Ship commissioned= 21 September 1943
|Ship reclassified=APD-66, 21 January 1945
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|Ship decommissioned= 21 June 1946
|Ship honors=1 [[battle star]] (World War II)
|Ship fate=Transferred to [[Ecuador]] 14 July 1967
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|Ship struck= 31 March 1978
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|Ship country=Ecuador
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Ecuador|naval}}
|Ship name=BAE ''25 de Julio'' (E-12)
|Ship namesake=25 July 1851, [[Emancipation Day]] in Ecuador
|Ship acquired=14 July 1967
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|Ship renamed=BAE ''Morán Valverde'' (D-01), 1975
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|Ship namesake=[[Rafael Morán Valverde]]
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|Ship struck= 1989
|Ship fate=Scrapped, 1989
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|Ship class= {{sclass|Buckley|destroyer escort|1}}
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|Ship propulsion=*2 × boilers
*[[General Electric]] [[turbo-electric]] drive
*{{convert|12000|shp|MW|abbr=on}}
*2 × solid manganese-bronze {{convert|3600|lb|abbr=on}} 3-bladed propellers, {{convert|8|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} diameter, {{convert|7|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} pitch
*2 × rudders
*359 tons fuel oil
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|Ship range=*{{convert|3700|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn|abbr=on}}
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|Ship complement=15 officers, 198 men
|Ship armament=*3 × [[3"/50 caliber gun]]s
*1 × quad [[1.1"/75 caliber gun]]
*8 × single [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm guns]]
*1 × triple [[American 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s
*1 × [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] [[anti-submarine mortar]]
*8 × [[Depth charge#Delivery mechanisms|K-gun]] depth charge projectors
*2 × depth charge tracks
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'''USS ''Enright'' (DE-216/APD-66)''' was a {{sclass|Buckley|destroyer escort}} in service with the [[United States Navy]] from 1943 to 1946. In 1967, she was transferred to [[Ecuadorian Navy|Ecuador]] where she served until she was scrapped in 1989.

==History==
===United States Navy (1943–1967)===
''Enright'' was named in honor of [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] Robert Paul Francis Enright (1916–1942), who was killed in action while serving aboard the [[destroyer]] {{USS|Hammann|DD-412|3}} during the [[Battle of Midway]] on 6 June 1942.  The ship was launched on 29 May 1943 by [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]]; sponsored by Mrs. Katherine L. Enright, mother of Ensign Enright; and commissioned on 21 September 1943.

''Enright'' made two voyages from east coast ports to escort [[convoy]]s to [[Naval Station Argentia|NS Argentia]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]], between 15 November and 9 December 1943, then took up demanding duty escorting convoys across the [[North Atlantic]].  During the next year, she made six voyages to [[United Kingdom|British]] ports, guarding the passage of men and supplies destined for the vast operations on the [[Europe]]an continent, and one voyage to [[Oran]].

On 16 April 1944, while westward bound, ''Enright'' was struck by a merchantman ship approaching the convoy.  A 65-foot hole was torn in her port quarter, forward living spaces were flooded, and she took on a 9° list.  The high quality of her crew was shown both in damage control work and the seamanship which brought her safely back to [[New York City|New York]], where she was repaired in a month.

She was reclassified '''APD-66''' on 21 January 1945. Converted to a ''Charles Lawrence''-class [[high speed transport]] at [[Boston Navy Yard]] early in 1945, ''Enright'' sailed from [[Norfolk, Virginia]] on 7 April for [[Pacific War|Pacific]] duty.  She trained at [[Pearl Harbor]] for two weeks, then escorted a convoy to [[Eniwetok]] and [[Ulithi]], continuing until she arrived off [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] on 11 June 1945.  Aside from a two-week absence in July to escort a convoy from Leyte Island in the Philippines to Okinawa, ''Enright'' served in the [[anti-submarine]] screen around Okinawa until 24 July.  For the next month, she carried mail among southern [[Philippines]], and to [[Brunei Bay]], [[Borneo]].

''Enright'' cleared [[Leyte Gulf]] on 21 August 1945, to escort a supply convoy to a rendezvous off [[Tokyo Bay]], then returned to [[Manila]] to begin a series of voyages escorting transports and carrying troops herself to the occupation of [[Japan]] and [[China]].  On 2 December 1945, she sailed from Manila for Norfolk, arriving 11 January 1946.

She was decommissioned and placed in reserve at [[Green Cove Springs, Florida]], 21 June 1946.

===Ecuadorian Navy (1967–1989)===
''Enright'' was transferred to [[Ecuadorian Navy|Ecuador]] on 14 July 1967 and was renamed escort destroyer BAE ''25 de Julio'' (E-12). The ship was renamed and reclassified as frigate BAE ''Morán Valverde'' (D-01) in 1975 and was purchased outright by Ecuador on 30 August 1978. She was stricken from the United States [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 31 March 1978. The ship was deleted in 1989.

==Awards==
''Enright'' received one [[battle star]] for [[World War II]] service.

== References ==
* {{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/enright.html}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.ussenright.org  USS ''Enright'' website]
* {{navsource|06/216|USS Enright (DE-216)}}

{{Buckley class destroyer escort}}
{{Charles Lawrence class transport}}

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[[Category:Buckley-class destroyer escorts]]
[[Category:Ships built in Philadelphia]]
[[Category:1943 ships]]
[[Category:World War II frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States]]
[[Category:Charles Lawrence-class high speed transports]]
[[Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States]]
[[Category:Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Ecuadorian Navy]]
[[Category:Frigates of the Ecuadorian Navy]]