USS Osberg

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USS Osberg (DE-538) underway off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), circa in December 1945.jpg
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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
Laid down3 November 1943
Launched7 December 1943
Commissioned10 December 1945
Decommissioned1947
In service26 February 1951
Out of service25 February 1958
Stricken1 August 1972
FateSold for scrapping 5 February 1974
General characteristics
Displacement1,350/1,745 tons
Length306 ft (93 m) (oa)
Beam36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draught13 ft 4 in (4.06 m) (max)
Propulsion2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed24 knots
Range6,000 nm @ 12 knots
Complement14 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament2 × 5"/38 guns, 4 (2×2) 40 mm anti-aircraft (AA) guns, 10 × 20 mm AA guns, 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 1 × Hedgehog, 8 × depth charge throwers, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Osberg (DE-538) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1947 and from 1951 to 1958. She sold for scrapping in 1974.

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Namesake

Carl Osberg at Kane'ohe Bay-May 1942 Carl August Osberg-May 1942.png
Carl Osberg at Kane'ohe Bay-May 1942

Carl August Osberg was born on 13 April 1920 in Dunbarton, New Hampshire. He attended Manchester Central High School, where he played football. In his free time he observed bi-planes at Grenier Field, site of today's Manchester–Boston Regional Airport. He quit college at Cornell to join the Navy reserves and was trained at Naval Air Station Squantum in Massachusetts. He was one of the twelve pilots of Torpedo Squadron 3 attached to the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown. During the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942, his squadron attacked Imperial Japanese Navy ships and he went missing. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. [1] [2]

History

Osberg was commissioned on 10 December 1945 and was decommissioned on 15 May 1947. She was recommissioned for duty during the Korean War on 26 February 1951. She operated in the Atlantic Ocean until her second decommissioning on 25 February 1958. She was struck from the Navy list on 1 August 1972, and, on 5 February 1974 she was sold for scrapping.

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References

  1. ↑ "Carl August Osberg : Ensign from New Hampshire, World War II Casualty". honorstates.org. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Carl Osberg – Recipient – Military Times Hall of Valor". valor.militarytimes.com. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
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