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Dionne

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-261
BuilderBoston Navy Yard
Launched1943-03-10
Commissioned1943-07-16
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 18 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.

Dionne
USS Dionne (DE-261) underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 21 May 1945 (NH 83294).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Dionne, hull DE-261, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Boston Navy Yard laid her down on 27 January 1943 and launched her on 10 March 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 16 July 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Richard Starr Paret.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Marshall Islands, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, and the Marianas. She was credited with 6 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 18 January 1946.

The pictures on this page are the originals.