DE-1024 General Specifications
Class: Dealey-class destroyer escort
Named for: Francis Joseph Bridget
Complement: 170 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 1877 tons
Length: 314 feet 6 inches
Beam: 36 feet 9 inches
Flank Speed: 27 knots
Range: 6 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrap
USS BRIDGET (DE-1024)
Bridget (DE-1024) was launched 25 April 1956 by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co.
Wash.; sponsored by Mrs. Francis J. Bridget
widow of Captain Bridget; and commissioned 24 October 1957
Lieutenant Commander J. B. Haines in command.
[Note: The above USS BRIDGET (DE-1024) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS BRIDGET (DE-1024) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]