USS Alger

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USS Alger (DE-101) underway at sea, circa in 1944.jpg
USS Alger underway at sea, circa 1944
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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameAlger
Namesake Philip Rounsevile Alger
Builder Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down2 January 1943
Launched8 July 1943
Commissioned12 November 1943
Decommissioned10 March 1945
Stricken20 July 1953
FateTransferred to Brazil 10 March 1945
Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svgBrazil
NameNAe Babitonga
Acquired10 March 1945
Out of service1964
IdentificationD-16
FateStricken and scrapped, 1964
General characteristics
Class and type Cannon-class destroyer escort
Displacement1,240 long tons (1,260  t)
Length306 ft (93 m)
Beam36 ft 8 in (11.2 m)
Draft8 ft 9 in (2.7 m)
Installed power
  • 6,000  hp (4,500  kW) (diesels)
  • 4,500 kW (6,000 hp) (electric motors)
Propulsion
Speed21  kn (39  km/h; 24  mph)
Range10,800  nmi (12,400  mi; 20,000  km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement15 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament

USS Alger (DE-101) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Battle of the Atlantic and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Alger was named for Philip Rounsevile Alger.

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She was laid down on 2 January 1943 by the Dravo Corp., Wilmington, Delaware; launched on 8 July 1943; sponsored by Miss Louisa Rodgers Alger; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 12 November 1943.

Service history

On 30 November, Alger sailed for Bermuda and shakedown. She returned to Philadelphia for post-shakedown availability, then headed for the Caribbean on 15 January 1944, and arrived at Trinidad on 21 January. There, she was assigned to Task Group (TG) 42.5 and departed on the 31st in the screen of a convoy bound for Recife, Brazil. While en route, Alger collided with a merchantman and sustained slight damage to her bow. However, she continued on to Brazil and reached Recife on 14 February.

Upon her arrival there, the ship was assigned to Task Group 41.5 for patrol duty along the Brazilian coast which she carried out until 1 June. On that day, Alger departed Recife to escort a convoy to Trinidad. She reached that island on 8 June and then sailed back to Recife with another convoy.

On 17 July, Alger joined the screen of the escort carrier Solomons and sailed for anti-submarine warfare exercises off the coast of Brazil. She then resumed patrol duty and continued that work through most of November. Alger rendezvoused at sea on the last day of the month with Task Group 42.3 and escorted a convoy to Rio de Janeiro.

On 28 December, the ship departed Recife to escort another convoy to Trinidad but returned to Recife on 30 January 1945. The next day, Alger was relieved of operational duties in preparation for her transfer to the government of Brazil on loan.

After various inspections and exercises at sea, Alger departed Recife on 23 February and moored the same day at Natal, Brazil.

Decommissioning

On 10 March 1945, Alger was decommissioned and loaned to the Brazilian Navy. Her name was struck from the Navy Directory on 20 July 1953, and title to the ship was transferred outright to the government of Brazil as Babitonga (D-16). She was stricken and scrapped in 1964.

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