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Alvin C. Cockrell

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-366
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched1944-08-08
Commissioned1944-10-07
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 17 January 1959. The Navy later expended her as a target.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Alvin C. Cockrell
U.S. Navy. USS Alvin C. Cockrell (DE-366) underway off Beaumont, Texas (USA), circa in October 1944 (BS 132072).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Alvin C. Cockrell, hull DE-366, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 1 May 1944 and launched her on 8 August 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 7 October 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Thomas Rickard Pearson.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Marshall Islands, Eniwetok, Ulithi, and Guam.

Her commissioned service ended on 17 January 1959. The Navy later expended her as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.