USS Underhill

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|Ship name= |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Bethlehem Steel Company |Ship laid down=16 September 1943 |Ship launched=15 October 1943 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=15 November 1943 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck=1 September 1945 |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship fate=*Sunk by Japanese ''Kaiten'' manned torpedo *24 July 1945 |Ship notes= }}

|Ship displacement=*1,400 tons light, *1,673 tons standard |Ship length= |Ship beam= |Ship draught= |Ship draft= |Ship propulsion=Turbo-electric drive, 12,000 hp (8.9 MW) |Ship speed=23 knots (43 km/h) |Ship range= |Ship complement=15 officers, 198 sailors |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*3 × (76.2 mm) (3x1) *4 × 1.1"/75 caliber gun (1x4) *8 × 20 mm cannon (8x1) *3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (later removed) *1 × hedgehog, *2 × depth charge tracks *8 × K-gun depth charge projectors |Ship armour= |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |} '''USS ''Underhill'' (DE-682)''' was a of the United States Navy during World War II. Built in 1943, she served in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific until her sinking in a suicide attack by a Japanese ''Kaiten'' manned torpedo on 24 July 1945. Provided by Wikipedia

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by Cherok, Richard J.
Published 2008
Abilene Christian University Press
Other Authors: ...Underhill, Samuel...