USS Holder (DE-401)

	An image of USS Holder (DE-401) being stripped as a parts hulk
History
United States
Builder	Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Laid down	6 October 1943
Launched	27 November 1943
Commissioned	18 January 1944
Stricken	23 September 1944
Fate	Irreparably damaged by German aircraft on 11 April 1944, scrapped 1947
General characteristics
Class & type	Edsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,253 tons standard; 1,590 tons full load;
Length	306 ft (93.3 m)
Beam	36.58 ft (11.1 m)
Draft	10.42 ft (3.2 m) full load
Propulsion	4 FM diesel engines,; 4 diesel-generators,; 6,000 shp (4,500 kW); 2 screws;
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range	9,100 nmi (16,900 km; 10,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	8 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament	3 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns; 1 × twin 40 mm AA guns; 8 × single 20 mm AA guns; 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 8 × depth charge projectors; 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog); 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Holder (DE-401) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Lieutenant (junior grade) Randolph Mitchell Holder (a naval aviator who was reported missing during the Battle of Midway), she was the first of two U.S. Naval vessels to bear the name.

History
An image of USS Holder (DE-401) being stripped as a parts hulk
United States
Builder	Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Laid down	6 October 1943
Launched	27 November 1943
Commissioned	18 January 1944
Stricken	23 September 1944
Fate	Irreparably damaged by German aircraft on 11 April 1944, scrapped 1947
General characteristics
Class & type	Edsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,253 tons standard 1,590 tons full load
Length	306 ft (93.3 m)
Beam	36.58 ft (11.1 m)
Draft	10.42 ft (3.2 m) full load
Propulsion	4 FM diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6,000 shp (4,500 kW) 2 screws
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range	9,100 nmi (16,900 km; 10,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	8 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament	3 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns 1 × twin 40 mm AA guns 8 × single 20 mm AA guns 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 8 × depth charge projectors 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog) 2 × depth charge tracks