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{{Short description|Class of American destroyer escorts}}
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|Ship caption=USS ''Evarts'' in August 1944
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{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Evarts'' class
|Builders=*[[Boston Navy Yard]], MA
*[[Mare Island Navy Yard]], CA
*[[Puget Sound Navy Yard]], WA
*[[Philadelphia Navy Yard]], PA
|Operators=*{{navy|United States|1912}}
*{{navy|United Kingdom}}
*{{naval|Republic of China}}
|Class before=N/A
|Class after={{sclass|Buckley|destroyer escort|4}}
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|Total ships building=
|Total ships planned=105
|Total ships completed=97
|Total ships cancelled=8
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|Ship type=[[Destroyer escort]]
|Ship displacement=1,360 tons (fully loaded)
|Ship length={{convert|289|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (overall)
|Ship beam={{convert|35|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
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|Ship draft= {{convert|9|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (fully loaded)
|Ship propulsion= 4 × GM Model [[Cleveland Diesel Engine Division|16-278A]] diesel engines with electric drive, two propellers <!-- of solid manganese bronze 8.5 feet each -->
|Ship speed={{convert|19|kn}} (Many ships were capable of 21&ndash;22 knots)
|Ship range={{convert|5000|mi|nmi km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn}}
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|Ship sensors=*'''Radar:''' Type SL Surface search <!-- fixed to mast above yard arm --> and type SA Air search only fitted to certain ships.
*'''Asdic ([[Sonar]]):''' Type 128D or Type 144 both in retractable dome.
*'''Direction Finding:''' MF Direction Finding <!-- antenna fitted in front of the bridge --> and HF/DF Type FH 4 antenna <!-- fitted on top of mast. -->
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|Ship armament=*'''Main guns:''' 3 × [[3-inch/50-caliber gun|3 inch/50 guns]] in open mounts <!--and fired fixed shot (anti-aircraft, armour piercing or starshell) and had a range of 14,600 yards at 45 degrees and an anti-aircraft ceiling of 28,000 feet. -->
*'''Anti-aircraft guns:''' 7 × [[Oerlikon 20mm cannon|Oerlikon 20 mm guns]] <!-- positioned one in front of the bridge behind and above B gun also one each side of B gun in pods and two each side of the ship in pods just abaft the funnel (some of the ships had an extra Oerlikon fitted on top of the superstructure midships, the odd ship had a twin [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60]] instead of the extra Oerlikon). -->
*[[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] anti-submarine mortar <!-- British designed ahead throwing mortar which fired 24 bombs ahead of the ship, this was situated between A and B guns. -->
*'''Depth Charges:''' Up to 160 depth charges were carried. <!-- Two sets of double rails at the stern held 24 per set. Two K gun throwers each holding five charges were situated each side of the ship just forward of the aft depth charge rails. Just forward of these, double ready rails extending to midships were fitted each side of the ship holding approximately sixty charges per side (these ready rails were added after the ships arrived back in the UK). -->
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The '''''Evarts''-class destroyer escorts''' were [[destroyer escort]]s launched in the [[United States]] in 1942–44. They served in [[World War II]] as [[convoy]] escorts and [[anti-submarine warfare]] ships. They were also known as the GMT or "short hull" DE class, with GMT standing for General Motors Tandem Diesel drive.

The [[lead ship]] was {{USS|Evarts|DE-5|6}}, launched on 7 December 1942, exactly a year after the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]]. The first ship to be completed was commissioned on 20 January 1943 at the [[Boston Navy Yard]]; it was delivered to the [[Royal Navy]] under the [[Lend-Lease]] provisions and became {{HMS|Bayntun|K310|6}}. ''Evarts''-class ships were driven by [[diesel-electric]] power with four diesel engines mounted in tandem with electric drives. The ships were [[prefabricated]] in sections at various factories in the [[United States]] and the units brought together in the shipyards, where they were welded together on the [[slipway]]s. The original design specified eight engines for 24 knots but other priority programs forced the use of only four with a consequent shortening of the hull.<ref>Friedman, Norman, ''U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History'', {{ISBN|1-55750-442-3}}, Chapter 7</ref>

In all, 105 ''Evarts''-class ships were ordered with 8 later being cancelled. The [[United States Navy]] commissioned 65 while 32 ''Evarts''-class ships were delivered to the Royal Navy. They were classed as [[frigate]]s and named after captains of the [[Napoleonic Wars]] and formed part of the {{sclass2|Captain|frigate|4}} along with 46 ships of the {{sclass|Buckley|destroyer escort|4}}.

==Ships in Class==
{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Construction data
|-
! scope="col" | Ship Name
! scope="col" | Hull No.
! scope="col" | Builder
! scope="col" | Laid down
! scope="col" | Launched
! scope="col" | Commissioned
! scope="col" | Decommissioned
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Evarts|DE-5|2}}
|DE-5
|rowspan=7|[[Boston Navy Yard]]
|17 October 1942
|7 December 1942
|5 April 1943
|2 October 1945
|Decommissioned at New York, sold for scrap 12 July 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Wyffels|DE-6|2}}
|DE-6
|17 October 1942
|7 December 1942
|21 April 1943
|28 August 1945
|Decommissioned and leased to Republic of China as ''T'ai Kang''; permanently transferred to Republic of China February 1948 and struck from NVR 12 March 1948
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Griswold|DE-7|2}}
|DE-7
|27 November 1942
|9 January 1943
|28 April 1943
|19 November 1945
|Struck from Navy List 5 December 1945; sold for scrap 27 November 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Steele|DE-8|2}}
|DE-8
|27 November 1942
|9 January 1943
|4 May 1943
|21 November 1945
|Struck from Navy List 5 December 1945
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Carlson|DE-9|2}}
|DE-9
|27 November 1942
|9 January 1943
|10 May 1943
|10 December 1945
|Sold 17 October 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Bebas|DE-10|2}}
|DE-10
|27 November 1942
|9 January 1943
|15 May 1943
|18 October 1945
|Struck from Navy List 1 November 1945; sold for scrap January 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Crouter|DE-11|2}}
|DE-11
|8 February 1942
|26 January 1943
|25 May 1943
|30 November 1945
|Sold for scrapping, 25 November 1946. Broken up, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Brennan|DE-13|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-HMS ''Bentinck''}})
|DE-13
|rowspan=24|[[Mare Island Navy Yard]]
|28 February 1942
|22 August 1942
|20 January 1943
|9 October 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 24 October 1945; sold for scrap July 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Doherty|DE-14|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-HMS ''Berry''}})
|DE-14
|28 February 1942
|29 August 1942
|6 February 1943
|14 December 1945
|Sold 26 December 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Austin|DE-15|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-HMS ''Blackwood''}})
|DE-15
|14 March 1942
|25 September 1942
|13 February 1943
|21 December 1945
|Struck from Navy List 8 January 1946; scrapping completed at Terminal Island Naval Shipyard 9 January 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Edgar G. Chase|DE-16|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-HMS ''Burges''}})
|DE-16
|14 March 1942
|26 September 1942
|20 March 1943
|16 October 1945
|Struck from Navy List 1 November 1945; sold for scrap 18 March 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Edward C. Daly|DE-17|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-HMS ''Byard''}})
|DE-17
|1 April 1942
|21 October 1942
|3 April 1943
|20 December 1945
|Struck from Navy List 1 January 1946; sold for scrap 11 November 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Gilmore|DE-18|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-HMS ''Calder''}})
|DE-18
|1 April 1942
|22 October 1942
|17 April 1943
|29 December 1945
|Sold for scrap 1 February 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Burden R. Hastings|DE-19|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-HMS ''Duckworth''}})
|DE-19
|15 April 1942
|20 November 1942
|1 May 1943
|25 October 1945
|Struck from Navy List 13 November 1945; sold for scrap 1 February 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Le Hardy|DE-20|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-HMS ''Duff''}})
|DE-20
|15 April 1942
|21 November 1942
|15 May 1943
|25 October 1945
|Sold for scrap 26 December 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Harold C. Thomas|DE-21|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-HMS ''Essington''}})
|DE-21
|30 April 1942
|18 December 1942
|31 May 1943
|26 October 1945
|Sold for scrap 25 November 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Wileman|DE-22|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-HMS ''Foley''}})
|DE-22
|30 April 1942
|19 December 1942
|11 June 1943
|16 November 1945
|Struck from Navy List 28 November 1945; sold for scrap January 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Charles R. Greer|DE-23|2}}
|DE-23
|7 September 1942
|18 January 1943
|25 June 1943
|2 November 1945
|Sold 1 February 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Whitman|DE-24|2}}
|DE-24
|7 September 1942
|19 January 1943
|3 July 1943
|1 November 1945
|Struck from Navy List 16 November 1945; sold for scrap 31 January 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Wintle|DE-25|2}}
|DE-25
|1 October 1942
|18 February 1943
|10 July 1943
|15 November 1945
|Struck from Navy List 28 November 1945; sold for scrap 25 August 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Dempsey|DE-26|2}}
|DE-26
|1 October 1942
|19 February 1943
|24 July 1943
|22 November 1945
|Sold 18 April 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Duffy|DE-27|2}}
|DE-27
|29 October 1942
|16 April 1943
|5 August 1943
|9 November 1945
|Sold 16 June 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Emery|DE-28|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-Eisner}})
|DE-28
|29 October 1942
|17 April 1943
|14 August 1943
|15 November 1945
|Sold 21 July 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Stadtfeld|DE-29|2}}
|DE-29
|26 November 1942
|17 May 1943
|26 August 1943
|15 November 1945
|Sold for scrap July 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Martin|DE-30|2}}
|DE-30
|26 November 1942
|18 May 1943
|4 September 1943
|19 November 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 5 December 1945; Sold for scrap 15 May 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Sederstrom|DE-31|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-Gillette}})
|DE-31
|24 December 1942
|15 June 1943
|11 September 1943
|15 November 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 28 November 1945; sold for scrap 24 November 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Fleming|DE-32|2}}
|DE-32
|24 December 1942
|16 June 1943
|18 September 1943
|10 November 1945
|Sold 29 January 1948
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Tisdale|DE-33|2}}
|DE-33
|23 January 1943
|28 June 1943
|11 October 1943
|17 November 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 28 November 1945; sold for scrap 2 February 1948
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Eisele|DE-34|2}}
|DE-34
|23 January 1943
|29 June 1943
|18 October 1943
|16 November 1945
|Sold 29 January 1948
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Fair|DE-35|2}}
|DE-35
|24 February 1943
|27 July 1943
|23 October 1943
|17 November 1945
|Transferred to the U.S. Army 20 May 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Manlove|DE-36|2}}
|DE-36
|24 February 1943
|28 July 1943
|8 November 1943
|16 November 1945
|Sold for scrap 4 December 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Greiner|DE-37|2}}
|DE-37
|rowspan=8|[[Puget Sound Navy Yard]]
|7 September 1942
|20 May 1943
|18 August 1943
|19 November 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 5 December 1945; sold for scrap 10 February 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Wyman|DE-38|2}}
|DE-38
|7 September 1942
|3 June 1943
|1 September 1943
|17 December 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 8 January 1946; sold for scrap 16 April 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Lovering|DE-39|2}}
|DE-39
|7 September 1942
|18 June 1943
|17 September 1943
|16 October 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 1 November 1945; sold for scrap 31 December 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Sanders|DE-40|2}}
|DE-40
|7 September 1942
|18 June 1943
|1 October 1943
|19 December 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 8 January 1946; sold for scrap 8 May 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Brackett|DE-41|2}}
|DE-41
|12 January 1943
|1 August 1943
|18 October 1943
|23 November 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 5 December 1945; sold for scrap May 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Reynolds|DE-42|2}}
|DE-42
|12 January 1943
|1 August 1943
|1 November 1943
|5 December 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 19 December 1945; sold for scrap 28 April 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Mitchell|DE-43|2}}
|DE-43
|12 January 1943
|1 August 1943
|7 November 1943
|29 December 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 29 December 1945; sold for scrap 11 December 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Donaldson|DE-44|2}}
|DE-44
|12 January 1943
|1 August 1943
|1 December 1943
|5 December 1945
|Sold 2 July 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Andres|DE-45|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-HMS ''Capel''}})
|DE-45
|rowspan=5|[[Philadelphia Navy Yard]]
|12 February 1942
|24 July 1942
|15 March 1943
|18 October 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 1 November 1945; sold for scrap February 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Decker|DE-47|2}}
|DE-47
|1 April 1942
|24 July 1942
|3 May 1943
|28 August 1945
|Decommissioned and leased to the Republic of China as ''Ta'i Ping''; Struck from Navy List and permanently transferred to China 7 February 1948; Sunk by Communist Chinese gunboats 14 November 1954
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Dobler|DE-48|2}}
|DE-48
|1 April 1942
|24 July 1942
|17 May 1943
|2 October 1945
|Sold for scrap 12 July 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Doneff|DE-49|2}}
|DE-49
|1 April 1942
|24 July 1942
|10 June 1943
|22 December 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 21 January 1946; sold for scrap 9 January 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Engstrom|DE-50|2}}
|DE-50
|1 April 1942
|24 July 1942
|21 June 1943
|19 December 1945
|Sold 26 December 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Seid|DE-256|2}}
|DE-256
|rowspan=10|[[Boston Navy Yard]]
|10 January 1943
|22 February 1943
|11 June 1943
|14 December 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 8 January 1946; sold for scrap January 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Smartt|DE-257|2}}
|DE-257
|10 January 1943
|22 February 1943
|18 June 1943
|5 October 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 24 October 1945; sold for scrap 12 July 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Walter S. Brown|DE-258|2}}
|DE-258
|10 January 1943
|22 February 1943
|25 June 1943
|4 October 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 24 October 1945
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|William C. Miller|DE-259|2}}
|DE-259
|10 January 1943
|22 February 1943
|2 July 1943
|21 December 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 8 January 1946; sold for scrap 12 April 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Cabana|DE-260|2}}
|DE-260
|27 January 1943
|10 March 1943
|9 July 1943
|9 January 1946
|Sold 13 May 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Dionne|DE-261|2}}
|DE-261
|27 January 1943
|10 March 1943
|16 July 1943
|18 January 1946
|Sold 12 June 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Canfield|DE-262|2}}
|DE-262
|23 February 1943
|6 April 1943
|22 July 1943
|21 December 1945
|Sold 12 June 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Deede|DE-263|2}}
|DE-263
|23 February 1943
|6 April 1943
|29 July 1943
|9 January 1946
|Sold 12 June 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Elden|DE-264|2}}
|DE-264
|23 February 1943
|6 April 1943
|4 August 1943
|18 January 1946
|Sold 12 July 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Cloues|DE-265|2}}
|DE-265
|23 February 1943
|6 April 1943
|10 August 1943
|26 November 1945
|Sold 22 May 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Lake|DE-301|2}}
|DE-301
|rowspan=7|[[Mare Island Navy Yard]]
|22 April 1943
|18 August 1943
|5 February 1944
|3 December 1945
|Sold for scrap 14 December 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Lyman|DE-302|2}}
|DE-302
|22 April 1943
|18 August 1943
|19 February 1944
|5 December 1945
|Sold for scrap 26 December 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Crowley|DE-303|2}}
|DE-303
|24 May 1943
|22 September 1943
|25 March 1944
|3 December 1945
|Sold 21 December 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Rall|DE-304|2}}
|DE-304
|24 May 1943
|23 September 1943
|8 April 1944
|11 December 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 3 January 1946; sold for scrap 18 March 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Halloran|DE-305|2}}
|DE-305
|21 June 1943
|14 January 1944
|27 May 1944
|2 November 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 28 November 1945; sold for scrap 7 March 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Connolly|DE-306|2}}
|DE-306
|21 June 1943
|15 January 1944
|8 July 1944
|22 November 1945
|Sold for scrap 20 May 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Finnegan|DE-307|2}}
|DE-307
|5 July 1943
|22 February 1944
|19 August 1944
|27 November 1945
|Sold June 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|O'Toole|DE-527|2}}
|DE-527
|rowspan=4|[[Boston Navy Yard]]
|25 September 1943
|2 November 1943
|22 January 1944
|18 October 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 1 November 1945; sold for scrap March 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|John J. Powers|DE-528|2}}
|DE-528
|25 September 1943
|2 November 1943
|29 February 1944
|16 October 1945
|Scrapped February 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Mason|DE-529|2}}
|DE-529
|14 October 1943
|17 November 1943
|20 March 1944
|12 October 1945
|Struck from the Navy List 1 November 1945; sold for scrap 18 March 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|John M. Bermingham|DE-530|2}}
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | DE-530
|14 October 1943
|17 November 1943
|8 April 1944
|12 October 1945
|Scrapped March 1946
|}

==See also==
* [[List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy]]
* [[List of frigates of the United States Navy]] subset of above with hull numbers DE/FF 1037 and higher plus all DEG/FFGs because of the [[United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification]]
* [[List of frigates]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Naval Vessel Register}}
{{DANFS}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Evarts class destroyer escorts}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010330193438/http://www.desausa.org/ Destroyer Escort Sailors Association (DESA)]}}
* [http://www.ussslater.org/ USS Slater, the Destroyer Escort Historical Museum]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070301070801/http://www.captainclassfrigates.co.uk/ Captain Class Frigates Association]
* [http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/types.html?type=Destroyer+Escort uboat.net]

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