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Haas

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-424
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched1944-03-20
Commissioned1944-08-02
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 24 January 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.

Haas
U.S. Navy. USS Haas (DE-424) underway off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), 5 October 1944 (80-G-382786).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Haas, hull DE-424, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 23 February 1944 and launched her on 20 March 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 2 August 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander A. M. White.

Her Pacific duty took her to Manus, the Admiralty Islands, Espiritu Santo, and the Philippines.

Her commissioned service ended on 24 January 1958. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.