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Elden

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-264
BuilderBoston Navy Yard
Launched1943-04-06
Commissioned1943-08-04
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 18 January 1946.
Armament (class)Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes.
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.

Elden
USS Elden (DE-264) at anchor, circa in 1945 (NH 107609).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Elden, hull DE-264, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Boston Navy Yard laid her down on 23 February 1943 and launched her on 6 April 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 4 August 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander George F. Adams.

Her Pacific duty took her to Kwajalein, Majuro, the Marshall Islands, and Eniwetok. She was credited with 6 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 18 January 1946.

The pictures on this page are the originals.