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Doherty

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-14
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Launched1942-08-29
Commissioned1943-02-06
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 14 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.

Doherty
Australian armed forces. USS Doherty (DE-14) at anchor in 1945 (AWM 3875302).JPG. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Doherty, hull DE-14, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 28 February 1942 and launched her on 29 August 1942. The Navy commissioned her on 6 February 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Alexander Jackson Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to Guam and Okinawa.

Her commissioned service ended on 14 December 1945.

The pictures on this page are the originals.