Ludlow (DD 438) - Naval Cruise Book

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Some More Facts About Her . HE LUDLOXV, 348 feet 3M, inches long and 35 feet 6M inches wide, displaces 2,570 i tons when fully loaded. Her draft varies from 12 feet forward under light load condi- 'tions to 18 feet 4 inches aft when fullv loaded. The ship is capable of 34 knots, but to realize her maximum cruising radius of 5,300 miles, she must steam at her economical speed, 12 knots. Two 3,000 pound anchors with 100 and 94 fathoms of chain respectively are capable .of holding her securely moored in any anchorage. A 26 foot motor whale boat, six 11 foot life floats and 6 life rafts are carried. Two screws each propelled by 25,000 horsepower can turn over at the rate of 390 revolutions per minute. Four express boilers under a working pressure of 615 pounds per square inch and a superheated temperature of 825 degrees fahrenheit provide the necessary steam. Each boiler is equipped with seven burners. Fresh water is provided by an evaporator capable of distilling 10,000 gallons a day. Tanks are available to hold 13,000 gallons of reserve boiler feed and 12,400 gallons of potable water. Fuel tanks can hold 141,113 gallons C504 tonsj of oil, not much, when it is realized that it would require 105,720 gallons for a one day's run at maximum speed. At 12 knots, however, she uses just 29 gallons per hour-696 gallons a day. There is stowage space aboard for 15,000 rations of dry provisions, sufficient for 60 days. Frozen, chilled, and fresh food carried also equals 15,000 rations. General stores and ship's store stock weigh 26 tons and are enough to supply the ship's needs for 60 to 100 days at sea. There are four 12 inch signal searchlights and a 24 inch searchlight for target illumination. You all remember her four 5 inch 38 caliber dual purpose guns, 12 forty Fmm's and 6 twenty mm's. Did you know that the LUDLOW carries 10 twelve guage shot- guns as well as 25 .45 cal. pistols, 25 .30 cal. rifles and four Thompson sub-machine guns? Five directors and one fire control radar direct her guns along with a stable element and com uter. , pFor anti submarine attack, she carries two depth charge release tracks .on the fantail and four K guns. Her allowance of tear drop type depth charges is fifty-nine. A 51110146 screen generator and three demolition outfits complete her armament except for that,back- breaking item-ammo! 1800 rounds of 5 , 24,000 rounds of 20 s, 8,000 rounds of 40 S and 16,000 of small stuff. Lest the reader forget she has a a f38 loading machine and two .45 calibre line throwin uns. , Modern day cofinigunications require considerable gear. .As evidence, the LUDLOW' has three radio transmitters, five transceivers, and twelve receivers. One surface search and one air search radar plus her fire control radar are her all-seeing eyes. A sonar outfit ln- creases her tactical vision. Twelve speaker amplifiers get the word out. You re right, the LUD and her sisters pack plenty of ship in that cigar hull. 23 ,--

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IN OUR SCRAP BUOK Reprinted from the Se t b P em er 1945 Issue of HALL HANDS It was early 1944. The USS LU shore' batteries off the Anzio Beachhead , ' g A S. . h p i . . . , tered noglnsfl egegll' 53611 slashed mio the Crew F mess: EXplosive Spilling from its shat- e s with it. C FO ed around Wlth the ships motion. Death and destruct1on rolled DLOW Atlantic Fleet DD was duelin German Poinilqvthg dopsigp tlie Tlonapartment came James D. Johnson, CGM, USN, of College CM iC,.USN, of J1g1Llna?CaFI1GDI.?111 hatches and clear the way, was Joseph M. Wittich, th 10111115911 b111'St Into the mess and quickly corralled the shell. He could feel its warmth 1'01.1g is gloves. Swiftly, but gently, he lifted the two-foot 100- oun r Then, .a thin trail of explosive trickling behind him, johnson scrambledptopsildepp?sict1ii'i breathing men, dHShed to .the rail and dumped his dangerous burden overboard. As the shell plopped into the water, the LUDLOW'S crew loosed a collective sigh that would have provided enough wind to whisk a sailboat from Hampton Roads to Cherbourg. . Later, C01'1l1!JliIr1e1'1ted. by the Destroyer squadron Commander, Johnson added only this to the story: I was going topside anyway. Foam the Mid January, 1945, Issue of Our Na'vy ' THE 'LUCKY LUD' The DD438 Took an Interest in the W ar the Nazis Will Always Regret THE LUDLOW came out of it all with little more than singed eyebrows and the bark knocked off a few knee caps, but the death, hell and demolished landscape she left in her wake was a caution. The boys say she's been around here and there then let the historians tell the rest of the story-how she dived in at Casablanca on Nov. 8, 1942 for the North African invasion-how she smacked in a few hot ones at Sicily in July 1943- and August 1943 saw her make several bullseyes at Palermo with a follow up that carried Cher to Salerno the next month--then Anzio. D-day was a little less than three weeks to go . . . 17 days later it happened and the Lucky Lud absorbed a serious hit. The total .toll the LUDLOW has taken of the enemy will never be accurately computed because much of the sturdy vesse1's firing has been at long range against shore targets. Houfever victims on the Lud's list include more than a score of shore batteries, numerous tanks and trucks and many enemy troops concentrations. In the Sicilian invasion she .blew a h dro-electric works into an ungodly mess of tangled dynamoes, cables and scrap iron, moife recently she partook in a successful hunt for an enemy sub and ended by rescuing 13 of its crew. The elite Nazi Herman Goering Division has reason to curse the Lucky Lud. From Sicily, on through subsequent attacks, her long range. rifles have been slamming vicious salvps into the ranks of the F3t.N3Z1'S Favorite Z0mb1f: lg if mannersthit 51111551 the little ship had a personal grudge against gvery Hauptmann. t a erno on ep , , .