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Crouter

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-11
BuilderBoston Navy Yard
Launched1943-01-26
Commissioned1943-05-25
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 30 November 1945. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes.
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.

Crouter
USS Crouter (DE-11) underway on 24 May 1944 (NH 83389).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Crouter, hull DE-11, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Mark Hanna Crouter. Boston Navy Yard laid her down on 8 February 1942 and launched her on 26 January 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 25 May 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant John Edwin Johansen.

Her Pacific duty took her to Espiritu Santo, Eniwetok, Majuro, and Ulithi. She was credited with 1 battle star.

Her commissioned service ended on 30 November 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.