USS Earl V. Johnson

History
United States
Ordered	1942
Builder	Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Laid down	7 September 1943
Launched	24 November 1943
Commissioned	18 March 1944
Decommissioned	18 June 1946
Stricken	1 May 1967
Fate	Sold for scrap, 3 September 1968
General characteristics
Displacement	1,740 long tons (1,770 t) full; 1,400 long tons (1,400 t), standard;
Length	306 ft 0 in (93.27 m)
Beam	36 ft 9 in (11.20 m)
Draft	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Propulsion	2 boilers, General Electric Turbo-electric drive; 2 solid manganese-bronze 3,600 lb 3-bladed propellers, 8.5 ft (2.6 m) diameter, 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) pitch; 12,000 hp (8.9 MW);
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h)
Range	359 tons oil; 3,700 nautical miles (6,900 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h); 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h);
Complement	15 officers, 210 men
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm) DP guns; 3 × 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes; 1 × 1.1 in (28 mm) quad AA gun; 8 × 20 mm cannon; 1 × hedgehog projector; 2 × depth charge tracks; 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors;

USS Earl V. Johnson (DE-702) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1968.