USN · DE
AfloatEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-307. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 5 July 1943 and launched her on 22 February 1944. Commissioned on 19 August 1944. Lieutenant Commander Huston Huffman was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Saipan, Iwo Jima, Espiritu Santo, and Okinawa. The Navy credited her with 3 battle stars.
| Class | Evarts class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-307 |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1944-02-22 |
| Commissioned | 1944-08-19 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 27 November 1945. |
| 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 Finnegan (DE-307) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 1 September 1944 (19-N-131514).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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