USN · DE
AfloatEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-303. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 24 May 1943 and launched her on 22 September 1943. Commissioned on 25 March 1944. Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Skewes Jr. was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Manus, Palau, Humboldt Bay, and New Guinea. The Navy credited her with 5 battle stars.
| Class | Evarts class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-303 |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1943-09-22 |
| Commissioned | 1944-03-25 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 3 December 1945. |
| Armament (class) | Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes. |
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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.
USS Crowley (DE-303) underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 2 April 1944 (NH 75849).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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