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Eversole

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-404
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched1943-12-03
Commissioned1944-03-21
FateSunk. She was lost on 28 October 1944. A submarine sank her.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
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.

Eversole
U.S. Navy. USS Eversole (DE-404) underway off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), on 20 May 1944 (BS 132125).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Eversole, hull DE-404, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 15 September 1943 and launched her on 3 December 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 21 March 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander George Elliott Marix.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, Manus, and Morotai. She was credited with 2 battle stars. She was lost on 28 October 1944. A submarine sank her.

The pictures on this page are the originals.