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Gilmore

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-18
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Launched1942-10-22
Commissioned1943-04-17
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 29 December 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.

Gilmore
USS Gilmore (DE-18) at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 13 April 1943 (19-N-43274).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Gilmore, hull DE-18, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 1 April 1942 and launched her on 22 October 1942. The Navy commissioned her on 17 April 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Seldon Clobridge Small.

Her Pacific duty took her to Attu, Dutch Harbor, Adak, and Kiska.

Her commissioned service ended on 29 December 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.