USN · DE
AfloatEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-14. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 28 February 1942 and launched her on 29 August 1942. Commissioned on 6 February 1943. Lieutenant Commander Alexander Jackson Jr. was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Guam and Okinawa.
| Class | Evarts class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-14 |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1942-08-29 |
| Commissioned | 1943-02-06 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 14 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.
Australian armed forces. USS Doherty (DE-14) at anchor in 1945 (AWM 3875302).JPG. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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