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Finch

Class	Edsall class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-328
Builder	Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched	1943-08-28
Commissioned	1943-12-13
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 4 October 1946. The Coast Guard had her for a time after the war. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Diesel destroyer escort with reduction gears. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command	Nienau, Albert Henry Commanding officer from 13 December 1943

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.

Finch, hull DE-328, belonged to the Edsall class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 29 June 1943 and launched her on 28 August 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 13 December 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Albert Henry Nienau.

Her Pacific duty took her to Guam.

Her commissioned service ended on 4 October 1946. The Coast Guard had her for a time after the war. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.