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Photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-11. · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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Buckley-class destroyer escortlarger figure on 0 of 2
German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 2 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source306 ft (93.3 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Buckley-class destroyer escort | German tanker Spessart |
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| Name | Buckley class[source] | Spessart[source] |
| Builders | Bethlehem Steel Hingham Shipyard , MA Fore River Shipyard , MA San Francisco Shipyard , CA Charleston Navy Yard , SC Consolidated Steel , TX Defoe Shipbuilding , MI Dravo Corporation , PA Norfolk Navy Yard , VA Philadelphia Navy Yard , PA[source] | — |
| Operators | World War II United States Navy Royal Navy Post-War Chilean Navy Republic of China Navy Colombian National Navy Ecuadorian Navy Republic of Korea Navy Mexican Navy Philippine Navy Royal Navy United States Navy[source] | — |
| Preceded by | Evarts class[source] | — |
| Succeeded by |
130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
civilian
Single source42 (civilian)[source]
Maximum; most ships could attain
Single sourceMaximum; Speed · source measurement 2
Single sourceMaximum; Speed · source measurement 3
Single source24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) (most ships could attain 26/27 knots)[source]
Maximum; Speed
Single source16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)[source]
Two Foster-Wheeler Express "D"-type water-tube boilers , two GE steam turbines of 13,500 horsepower (10,100 kW) total, two generators (9,200 kilowatts (12,300 hp) total), 12,000 horsepower (8,900 kW) of electric motors drove the two propeller shafts[source]
1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine
Single source1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine 5,880 kW (7,890 hp )[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Cannon class[source] |
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| Planned | 154[source] | — |
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| Completed | 154[source] | — |
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| Type | Destroyer escort[source] | Rhön -class tanker[source] |
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| Capacity | 350 tons oil (fuel)[source] | 11,000 m 3 (390,000 cu ft) (fuel) 400 m 3 (14,000 cu ft) (water)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Radar: Type SL surface search fixed to mast above yard arm, type SC and SA air search only fitted to certain ships Sonar : Type 128D or Type 144 both in retractable dome. Direction Finding: MF direction finding antenna fitted in front of the bridge and HF/DF Type FH 4 antenna fitted on top of mast[source] | — |
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| Armament | Main guns: 3 × 3 inch /50 Mk 22 dual-purpose open mount Anti-aircraft guns: 4 × 1.1 inch/75 (28mm) guns or 2 × 40 mm Bofors guns (not included on Captain -class ships) 8 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Some of the ships had an extra one or two Oerlikons fitted on top of the superstructure amidships Captain -Class units had additional 20 mm guns Torpedo tubes : 3 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes in a triple mount Hedgehog mortar Up to 200 depth charges[source] | — |
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| Namesake | — | Spessart[source] |
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| Owner | — | Deutsche Marine[source] |
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| Port of registry | — | Hamburg , Germany[source] |
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| Builder | — | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] |
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| Launched | — | 13 February 1975[source] |
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| Acquired | — | 1976[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 5 September 1977[source] |
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| Renamed | — | Okapi[source] |
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| Home port | — | Kiel , Germany[source] |
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| Identification | — | IMO number : 7362079 MMSI number : 211211850 Callsign : DRKN Pennant number : A1442[source] |
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| Status | — | Active[source] |
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| Tonnage | — | 6,103 GRT 10,800 DWT[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | 1 shaft, controllable pitch propeller[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Germany[source]German tanker Spessart · literal inventory Origin field assigned to the exact named-ship row covered by the explicit shared Origin cell; no operator, manufacturer location or parent/sibling specification inference |
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| Used by | — | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |
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