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Goss

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-444
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Launched1944-03-19
Commissioned1944-08-26
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 10 October 1958. 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.

Goss
U.S. Navy. USS Goss (DE-444) underway in the Atlantic Ocean, in September 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Goss, hull DE-444, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 16 December 1943 and launched her on 19 March 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 26 August 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Claude Siceluff Kirkpatrick.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, Palau, Luzon, and Lingayen. She was credited with 4 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 10 October 1958. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.