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Canfield

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-262
BuilderBoston Navy Yard
Launched1943-04-06
Commissioned1943-07-22
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 21 December 1945.
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.

Canfield
U.S. Navy. USS Canfield (DE-262) underway on 16 May 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Canfield, hull DE-262, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Boston Navy Yard laid her down on 23 February 1943 and launched her on 6 April 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 22 July 1943. Her first commanding officer was Commander John Belton Cleland Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Marshall Islands, Majuro, the Marianas, and Iwo Jima. She was credited with 4 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 21 December 1945.

The pictures on this page are the originals.