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Greiner

Class	Evarts class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-37
Builder	Puget Sound Navy Yard
Launched	1943-05-20
Commissioned	1943-08-18
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 19 November 1945. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes.
Command	Dowd, Frank Samuel Commanding officer from 18 August 1943

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.

Greiner, hull DE-37, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Puget Sound Navy Yard laid her down on 7 September 1942 and launched her on 20 May 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 18 August 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Frank Samuel Dowd.

Her Pacific duty took her to Tarawa, the Gilbert Islands, the Marshall Islands, and the Caroline Islands. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 19 November 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.