USN · DE
AfloatEdsall-class destroyer escort, DE-328. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 29 June 1943 and launched her on 28 August 1943. Commissioned on 13 December 1943. Lieutenant Commander Albert Henry Nienau was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Guam.
| 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. |
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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.
USCGC Finch (WDE-428) underway at sea, circa in 1952.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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