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Halloran

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-305
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Launched1944-01-14
Commissioned1944-05-27
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 2 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.

Halloran
USS Halloran (DE-305) underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 7 June 1944 (NH 83888).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Halloran, hull DE-305, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 21 June 1943 and launched her on 14 January 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 27 May 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander James G. Scripps.

Her Pacific duty took her to Iwo Jima, Saipan, Espiritu Santo, and Okinawa. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 2 November 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.