Photos and the story
| Class | Evarts class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-23 |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1943-01-18 |
| Commissioned | 1943-06-25 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 2 November 1945. |
| Armament (class) | Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes. |
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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.
Charles R. Greer, hull DE-23, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 7 September 1942 and launched her on 18 January 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 25 June 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Nathan Clayton Sutton.
Her Pacific duty took her to Funafuti, the Gilbert Islands, the Marshall Islands, and Majuro. She was credited with 2 battle stars.
Her commissioned service ended on 2 November 1945.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.