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Donaldson

Afloat

Evarts-class destroyer escort, DE-44. Puget Sound Navy Yard laid her down on 12 January 1943 and launched her on 1 August 1943. Commissioned on 1 December 1943. Lieutenant Henry L. Plage was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around the Marshall Islands, Eniwetok, Kwajalein, and the Marianas. The Navy credited her with 7 battle stars.

Class	Evarts class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-44
Builder	Puget Sound Navy Yard
Launched	1943-08-01
Commissioned	1943-12-01
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 5 December 1945.
Armament (class)	Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes.
Command	Plage, Henry L. Commanding officer from 1 December 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.

U.S. Navy. USS Donaldson (DE-44) underway in Puget Sound on 15 December 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

HPPlage, Henry L.Commanding officer from 1 December 1943

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