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Fleming

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-32
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Launched1943-06-16
Commissioned1943-09-18
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 10 November 1945. She went to the breakers later.
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.

Fleming
U.S. Navy. USS Fleming (DE-32) underway at sea, circa in 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Fleming, hull DE-32, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 24 December 1942 and launched her on 16 June 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 18 September 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Raymond John Toner.

Her Pacific duty took her to Tarawa, Makin, Majuro, and Funafuti. She was credited with 4 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 10 November 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.