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Grady

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-445
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Launched1944-04-02
Commissioned1944-09-11
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 18 December 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.

Grady
U.S. Navy. USS Grady (DE-445) underway off New York City (USA) on 23 September 1944 (BS 71844).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Grady, hull DE-445, 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 11 September 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Francis R. King.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, Ulithi, Formosa, and Iwo Jima. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 18 December 1957. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.