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Earl V. Johnson

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-702
BuilderDefoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Launched1943-11-24
Commissioned1944-03-18
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 18 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
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.

Earl V. Johnson
U.S. Navy. USS Earl V. Johnson (DE-702) underway, circa in 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Earl V. Johnson, hull DE-702, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 7 September 1943 and launched her on 24 November 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 18 March 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Jules James Jordy.

Her Pacific duty took her to Manus, the Admiralty Islands, the Philippines, and New Guinea.

Her commissioned service ended on 18 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.