USN · DE
AfloatEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-50. Philadelphia Navy Yard laid her down on 1 April 1942 and launched her on 24 July 1942. Commissioned on 21 June 1943. Lieutenant Donald Albert Nienstedt was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Adak, Attu, and Okinawa.
| Class | Evarts class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-50 |
| Builder | Philadelphia Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1942-07-24 |
| Commissioned | 1943-06-21 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 19 December 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.
USS Engstrom (DE-50) underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 27 February 1945 (19-N-79871).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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