USN · DE
AfloatEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-18. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 1 April 1942 and launched her on 22 October 1942. Commissioned on 17 April 1943. Lieutenant Commander Seldon Clobridge Small was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Attu, Dutch Harbor, Adak, and Kiska.
| Class | Evarts class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-18 |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1942-10-22 |
| Commissioned | 1943-04-17 |
| Fate | Afloat. 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. |
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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.
USS Gilmore (DE-18) at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 13 April 1943 (19-N-43274).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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