Pacific ships
USS Eisner (DE-192)

USN · DE

Afloat

Cannon-class destroyer escort, DE-192. The name honors Jacques Rodney Eisner. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Port Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 23 September 1943 and launched her on 12 December 1943. Commissioned on 1 January 1944. Lieutenant Commander Donald McVickar was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Eniwetok and Ulithi.

ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-192
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey
Launched1943-12-12
Commissioned1944-01-01
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 15 July 1946. Another navy received her later. She went to the breakers 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.

Naval Air Station New York, New York. USS Eisner (DE-192).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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