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Cabana

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-260
BuilderBoston Navy Yard
Launched1943-03-10
Commissioned1943-07-09
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 9 January 1946.
Armament (class)Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes.
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.

Cabana
Aft view of USS Cabana (DE-260) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 18 May 1945 (NH 97449).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Cabana, hull DE-260, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Boston Navy Yard laid her down on 27 January 1943 and launched her on 10 March 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 9 July 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Robert L. Bence.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Philippines, the Gilbert Islands, Kwajalein, and the Marshall Islands. She was credited with 7 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 9 January 1946.

The pictures on this page are the originals.