USN · DE
AfloatEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-34. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 23 January 1943 and launched her on 29 June 1943. Commissioned on 18 October 1943. Lieutenant Commander Elmer Cecil Long was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Funafuti, the Gilbert Islands, Tarawa, and the Marshall Islands.
| Class | Evarts class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-34 |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1943-06-29 |
| Commissioned | 1943-10-18 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 16 November 1945. |
| Armament (class) | Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes. |
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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.
U.S. Navy. USS Eisele (DE-34) underway at sea, circa in 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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