USS Bridget

History
United States
Name	USS Bridget
Namesake	Francis Joseph Bridget
Builder	Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle
Laid down	19 September 1955
Launched	25 April 1956
Commissioned	24 October 1957
Decommissioned	September 1973
Stricken	12 November 1973
Fate	Sold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type	Dealey-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,877 long tons (1,907 t) full load
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	21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	170
Armament	4 × 3 inch/50 caliber guns 1 × Squid ASW mortar 6 × 324 mm (12.8 in) Mark 32 torpedo tubes Mark 46 torpedoes
Service record

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 during the Japanese attack on the Philippines on 8 December 1941. Bridget commanded a Naval Battalion during the Battle of the Points. 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.

References

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

External links

• navsource.org: USS Bridget
• hazegray.org: USS Bridget
• USS Bridget Website Archived 12 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine