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Ebert

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ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-768
BuilderTampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida
Launched1944-05-11
Commissioned1944-07-12
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 14 June 1946. The Navy later expended her as a target. Another navy received her later.
Armament (class)Diesel-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.

Ebert
U.S. Navy photo 80-G-301384. USS Ebert (DE-768) underway in the North Atlantic on 3 January 1945 (80-G-301384).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Ebert, hull DE-768, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. Tampa Shipbuilding Company, at Tampa, Florida, laid her down on 1 April 1943 and launched her on 11 May 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 12 July 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Frederic Gibbs.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok and the Philippines.

Her commissioned service ended on 14 June 1946. The Navy later expended her as a target. Another navy received her later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.