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Gilligan

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-508
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Launched1944-02-22
Commissioned1944-05-12
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 31 March 1959. 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.

Gilligan
U.S. Navy. USS Gilligan (DE-508) underway at sea, in the 1950s.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Gilligan, hull DE-508, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 18 November 1943 and launched her on 22 February 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 12 May 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Carl Edward Bull.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, Majuro, Kwajalein, and Saipan. She was credited with 1 battle star.

Her commissioned service ended on 31 March 1959. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.