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Conklin

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-439
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Launched1944-02-13
Commissioned1944-04-21
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 17 January 1946. 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.

Conklin
U.S. Navy. USS Conklin (DE-439) underway at sea on 22 June 1944 (80-G-453320).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Conklin, hull DE-439, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. The name honors George Emerson Conklin. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 4 November 1943 and launched her on 13 February 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 21 April 1944. Her first commanding officer was Commander Donald Cairns Brown.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, Kwajalein, Guam, and Leyte. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 17 January 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.