Pacific ships
USS Duffy (DE-27)

USN · DE

Afloat

Evarts-class destroyer escort, DE-27. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 29 October 1942 and launched her on 16 April 1943. Commissioned on 5 August 1943. Commander George Ambrose Parkinson was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Leyte.

ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-27
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Launched1943-04-16
Commissioned1943-08-05
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 9 November 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.

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