USS O'Neill

History
United States
Name	USS O'Neill
Namesake	William Thomas O'Neill, Jr.
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Laid down	26 August 1943
Launched	14 November 1943
Commissioned	6 December 1943
Decommissioned	2 May 1946
Stricken	20 December 1950
Fate	Transferred to the Netherlands, 23 October 1950
Netherlands
Name	Hr.Ms. Dubois (F809)
Acquired	23 October 1950
Fate	Returned to US Navy, December 1967; Sold for scrapping, February 1968;
General characteristics
Class & type	Cannon-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,240 long tons (1,260 t) standard; 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) full;
Length	306 ft (93 m) o/a; 300 ft (91 m) w/l;
Beam	36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft	11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Propulsion	4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range	10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	15 officers and 201 enlisted
Armament	3 × single Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns; 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun; 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns; 3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar (144 rounds); 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors; 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks;

USS O'Neill (DE-188) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. In 1950, she was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy, where she served as Hr. Ms. Dubois (F809) until 1967. She was scrapped in 1968.