USS Evans (DE-1023)

History
United States
Name	USS Evans
Namesake	Ernest E. Evans
Builder	Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company
Laid down	8 April 1955
Launched	14 September 1955
Sponsored by	Mrs. Hugh Hendrickson
Commissioned	14 June 1957
Decommissioned	3 December 1968
Stricken	12 December 1973
Homeport	San Diego, California
Motto	"Uletsu-Ya-Sti" (Bold Warrior, in Cherokee)
Fate	Sold for scrapping 16 August 1974
General characteristics
Class and type	Dealey-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,270 long tons (1,290 t)
Length	314 ft 6 in (95.86 m)
Beam	36 ft 9 in (11.20 m)
Draft	18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion	2 × Foster-Wheeler boilers 1 × De Laval geared turbine 20,000 shp (15 MW) 1 shaft
Speed	25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h)
Complement	170
Armament	4 × 3-inch/50 caliber guns 1 × Mk 108 ASW rocket launcher 6 × 324 mm (12.8 in) Mark 32 torpedo tubes (3×2) Mark 46 torpedoes

USS Evans (DE-1023), a Dealey-class destroyer escort, was the third ship of the United States Navy to have the name Evans. However, it was the first to be named specifically for Ernest E. Evans, a naval officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor. Unusually, the next will use his full name, rather than reusing "USS Evans".

The third Evans (DE-1023) was launched 14 September 1955 by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. High Hendrickson, sister of Ernest E. Evans;^[1] and commissioned 14 June 1957.^[2]