USS Osberg DE 538 Information Page

USS Osberg
DE 538 (John C. Butler Class)

Builder: Boston Navy Yard Laid Down: November 3, 1943 Launched: December 7, 1943 Commissioned: December 17, Decommissioned: Fate: Stricken August 1, 1972

We are seeking information on the USS Osberg and her crews. Files and photos may be emailed to us and we will incorporate them into this page. When enough information has been assembled we will then build the ship her own section.

Barry Gibbs has a site dedicated to this wonderful ship, a ship his Father served aboard.

The John C. Butler Class as Constructed

Displacement: 1,430 tons (1,811 tons full load) Length: 306 feet Beam: 37 feet Draught: 11 feet 2 inches Machinery: two Combustion Engineering or Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 2-shaft Westinghouse turbines with electric drive Performance: 12,000 for 23 knots Bunkerage: 347 tons Range: 6,000 nautical miles at 12 knots Guns: two single 5 inch 38 caliber four 40mm in two twin mounts ten 20mm machine guns Torpedoes: one triple 21 inch mount Depth Charges: two stern racks eight k-guns Complement: 156
In other words - small ship armed to the teeth.

From: Barry J. Gibbs
Subject: USS Osberg DE 538
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997

My father served on this ship in Korea and has Hundreds of pistures of her I can scan them for you but was wondering what you would be interested in first, and what formats you can take the graphics in. I am also interested in learning about her final fate (I.E. when she was made into Razor Blades) Last time my father had heard she was in mothballs in San Fransisco but that was in the 70's.

Thanks

Barry J. Gibbs

P.S. My Fathers name is Glen Gibbs and he served aboard her for 4 years.

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