USS Oberrender

USS Oberrender on 15 July 1944
History
United States
Name	Oberrender
Namesake	Thomas Olin Oberrender Jr.
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	8 November 1943
Launched	18 January 1944
Commissioned	11 May 1944
Decommissioned	11 July 1945
Stricken	25 July 1945
Identification	Hull classification symbol: DE-344
Honors and awards	3 battle stars
Fate	Sunk as a target on 6 November 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	John C. Butler–class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,372 t) (standard) 1,745 long tons (1,773 t) (full load)
Length	306 ft (93.3 m) (o/a)
Beam	36 ft 10 in (11.2 m)
Draft	13 ft 4 in (4.1 m)
Installed power	2 boilers; 12,000 shp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion	2 propellers; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	14 officers and 201 enlisted men
Sensors and processing systems	SL-1 surface search radar SA-2 air search radar QC series sonar
Armament	2 × single 5 in (127 mm) guns 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 10 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 8 × depth charge throwers 1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar 2 × depth charge racks

USS Oberrender (DE-344) was a John C. Butler–class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant Commander Thomas Olin Oberrender Jr., the engineering officer of the light cruiser USS Juneau, who was killed when that ship was torpedoed and sunk during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942.

Laid down in November 1943, launched in January 1944, and commissioned almost four months later, Oberrender served on convoy escort duty in the Pacific from late 1944, with an interlude protecting escort carriers during the early stages of the invasion of Leyte. She was heavily damaged by the explosion of the ammunition ship USS Mount Hood at Manus and was repaired there during November. Returned to service in December, Oberrender served on anti-submarine patrol during the Battle of Okinawa, during which she was irreparably damaged by a kamikaze attack in early May 1945. As a result, she was decommissioned and sunk as a target late that year.