Pacific ships
USS Greiner (DE-37)

USN · DE

Afloat

Evarts-class destroyer escort, DE-37. Puget Sound Navy Yard laid her down on 7 September 1942 and launched her on 20 May 1943. Commissioned on 18 August 1943. Lieutenant Commander Frank Samuel Dowd was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Tarawa, the Gilbert Islands, the Marshall Islands, and the Caroline Islands. The Navy credited her with 3 battle stars.

ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-37
BuilderPuget Sound Navy Yard
Launched1943-05-20
Commissioned1943-08-18
FateAfloat. 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

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 Greiner (DE-37), circa in 1944 (NH 79822).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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