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Formoe

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-509
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Launched1944-04-02
Commissioned1944-10-05
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 7 February 1957. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
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.

Formoe
U.S. Navy. USS Formoe (DE-509) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 25 October 1944 (80-G-294201).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Formoe, hull DE-509, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 3 January 1944 and launched her on 2 April 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 5 October 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander John Curtis Spencer.

Her Pacific duty took her to Manus, Lingayen, the Philippines, and Leyte. She was credited with 2 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 7 February 1957. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.