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Chaffee

Class	Rudderow class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-230
Builder	Charleston Navy Yard
Launched	1943-11-27
Commissioned	1944-05-09
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 15 April 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command	Jones, Arthur Collins Commanding officer from 9 May 1944

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.

Chaffee, hull DE-230, belonged to the Rudderow class of destroyer escorts. Charleston Navy Yard laid her down on 26 August 1943 and launched her on 27 November 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 9 May 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Arthur Collins Jones.

Her Pacific duty took her to Hollandia, New Guinea, Aitape, and the Philippines. She was credited with 2 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 15 April 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.