USS Evans (DE-1023)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Evans.
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 is 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".
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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) |
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Speed | 25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h) |
Complement | 170 |
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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]