USS Pettit

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|Ship name= |Ship namesake=Robert Lee Pettit |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Brown Shipbuilding Houston, Texas |Ship laid down=6 February 1943 |Ship launched=28 April 1943 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=23 September 1943 |Ship decommissioned=6 May 1946 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck=1 August 1973 |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship fate=Sunk as target off Puerto Rico 30 September 1974 |Ship notes= }}

|Ship displacement=*1,253 tons standard *1,590 tons full load |Ship length=306 feet (93.27 m) |Ship beam=36.58 feet (11.15 m) |Ship draft=10.42 full load feet (3.18 m) |Ship propulsion=*4 FM diesel engines, *4 diesel-generators, *6,000 shp (4.5 MW), *2 screws |Ship speed=21 knots (39 km/h) |Ship range=*9,100 nmi. at 12 knots *(17,000 km at 22 km/h) |Ship complement=8 officers, 201 enlisted |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament= |Ship armour= |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |}

'''USS ''Pettit'' (DE-253)''' was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was sunk as a target in 1974. Provided by Wikipedia