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Crowley

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-303
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Launched1943-09-22
Commissioned1944-03-25
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 3 December 1945.
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.

Crowley
USS Crowley (DE-303) underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 2 April 1944 (NH 75849).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Crowley, hull DE-303, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 24 May 1943 and launched her on 22 September 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 25 March 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Skewes Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to Manus, Palau, Humboldt Bay, and New Guinea. She was credited with 5 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 3 December 1945.

The pictures on this page are the originals.