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Dufilho

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-423
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched1944-03-09
Commissioned1944-07-21
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 14 May 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
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.

Dufilho
U.S. Navy. USS Dufilho (DE-423) underway off Houston, Texas (USA), on 24 July 1944 (BS98961).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Dufilho, hull DE-423, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 31 January 1944 and launched her on 9 March 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 21 July 1944. Her first commanding officer was Commander Albert Henry Nienau.

Her Pacific duty took her to Manus, the Admiralty Islands, Leyte, and Morotai.

Her commissioned service ended on 14 May 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.