USS Bridget

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. Bridget commanded a Naval Battalion during the Battle of the Points.[2] 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.

USS Bridget (DE-1024)
History
United States
NameUSS Bridget
NamesakeFrancis Joseph Bridget
BuilderPuget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle
Laid down19 September 1955
Launched25 April 1956
Commissioned24 October 1957
DecommissionedSeptember 1973
Stricken12 November 1973
FateSold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and typeDealey-class destroyer escort
Displacement1,877 long tons (1,907 t) full load
Length314 ft 6 in (95.86 m)
Beam36 ft 9 in (11.20 m)
Draft18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Foster-Wheeler boilers
  • 1 × De Laval geared turbine
  • 20,000 shp (15 MW)
  • 1 shaft
Speed21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement170
Armament
Service record

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

  1. Alsleben, Allan (1999–2000). "US Patrol Wing 10 in the Dutch East Indies, 1942". Dutch East Indies Campaign website.
  2. Whitman, John (1990). Bataan: Our Last Ditch. New York: Hippocrene Books. p. 257. ISBN 0870528777.
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