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Corbesier

Class	John C. Butler class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-438
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Launched	1944-02-13
Commissioned	1944-03-31
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 2 July 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command	Porter, William Baxter Commanding officer from 31 March 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.

Corbesier, hull DE-438, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. 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 31 March 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander William Baxter Porter.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, Saipan, Leyte, and Ulithi. She was credited with 2 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 2 July 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.