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Deede

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-263
BuilderBoston Navy Yard
Launched1943-04-06
Commissioned1943-07-29
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 9 January 1946.
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.

Deede
USS Deede (DE-263) at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 21 May 1945 (NH 91593).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Deede, hull DE-263, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Boston Navy Yard laid her down on 23 February 1943 and launched her on 6 April 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 29 July 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander James William Whaley.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Gilbert Islands, Tarawa, Makin, and Majuro. She was credited with 6 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 9 January 1946.

The pictures on this page are the originals.