USN · DE
AfloatEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-35. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 24 February 1943 and launched her on 27 July 1943. Commissioned on 23 October 1943. Lieutenant Douglas Schocke Crocker was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Tarawa, Majuro, Eniwetok, and Saipan.
| Class | Evarts class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-35 |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1943-07-27 |
| Commissioned | 1943-10-23 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 17 November 1945. The Army received her later. |
| 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 Fair (DE-35) after her launch at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 27 July 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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