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Finnegan

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-307
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Launched1944-02-22
Commissioned1944-08-19
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 27 November 1945.
Armament (class)Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes.
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.

Finnegan
U.S. Navy. USS Finnegan (DE-307) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 1 September 1944 (19-N-131514).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Finnegan, hull DE-307, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 5 July 1943 and launched her on 22 February 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 19 August 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Huston Huffman.

Her Pacific duty took her to Saipan, Iwo Jima, Espiritu Santo, and Okinawa. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 27 November 1945.

The pictures on this page are the originals.