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| Tonnage | 1253 tons standard |
| Dimensions | 306' by 36'7" by 12'3" 93.27m by 11.15m by 3.73m |
| Maximum speed | 21 knots |
| Complement | 186 |
| Armament | 3 3"/50
AA guns 2 40mm Bofors AA guns 10 20mm Oerlikon AA guns 1x3 21" torpedo tubes 1 Hedgehog projector 8 depth charge projectors 2 depth charge racks |
| Machinery |
2-shaft Fairbanks Morse diesel
(6000 bhp) |
| Bunkerage | 320 tons fuel oil |
| Range | 10,800 nautical miles (20,000km) at 12 knots |
| Sensors |
QC sonar |
| Modifications |
All received radar |
The Edsalls, completed in 1943-44, were a response to criticism of the lack of torpedoes in the Evarts class. They combined the long hulls of the Buckleys with diesel machinery similar to that of the Evarts.
A number were converted to fast attack transports on the ways.
As destroyers:
| Mills | arrived 1945-5-7 |
| Brister | arrived 1945-6 |
| Poole | arrived 1945-6-14 |
| Rhodes | arrived 1945-6-15 |
| Richey | arrived 1945-6-15 |
| Ramsden | arrived 1945-6-18 |
| Blair | arrived 1945-7 |
As fast attack transports:
| Kinzer |
arrived 1945-1-7 |
References
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