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Dempsey

Class	Evarts class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-26
Builder	Mare Island Navy Yard
Launched	1943-02-19
Commissioned	1943-07-24
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 22 November 1945.
Armament (class)	Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes.
Command	Barnard, Harry Allan Jr. Commanding officer from 24 July 1943

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.

Dempsey, hull DE-26, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 1 October 1942 and launched her on 19 February 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 24 July 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Harry Allan Barnard Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to Espiritu Santo, Majuro, Kwajalein, and Manus. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 22 November 1945.

The pictures on this page are the originals.