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Doneff

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-49
BuilderPhiladelphia Navy Yard
Launched1942-07-24
Commissioned1943-06-10
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 22 December 1945. She went to the breakers later.
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.

Doneff
USS Doneff (DE-49) at sea on 26 February 1945 (19-LCM-80086).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Doneff, hull DE-49, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Philadelphia Navy Yard laid her down on 1 April 1942 and launched her on 24 July 1942. The Navy commissioned her on 10 June 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Louis Charles Mabley.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Aleutians, Attu, and Eniwetok.

Her commissioned service ended on 22 December 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.