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Hodges

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ClassRudderow class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-231
BuilderCharleston Navy Yard
Launched1943-12-09
Commissioned1944-05-27
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 22 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
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.

Hodges
U.S. Navy. USS Hodges (DE-231) underway in Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts (USA), on 27 September 1944 (80-G-240427).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Hodges, hull DE-231, belonged to the Rudderow class of destroyer escorts. Charleston Navy Yard laid her down on 9 September 1943 and launched her on 9 December 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 27 May 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Victor B. Staadecker.

Her Pacific duty took her to New Guinea, the Philippines, Lingayen, and Manus. She was credited with 1 battle star.

Her commissioned service ended on 22 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.