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Chester T. O'Brien

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-421
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched1944-02-29
Commissioned1944-07-03
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 25 May 1960. She went to the breakers later.
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.

Chester T. O'Brien
U.S. Navy. USS Chester T. O’Brien (DE-421) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 27 August 1944 (80-G-245440).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Chester T. O'Brien, hull DE-421, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 21 January 1944 and launched her on 29 February 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 3 July 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Richard Daniel White.

Her Pacific duty took her to Hollandia, Mindanao, and Zamboanga.

Her commissioned service ended on 25 May 1960. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.