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Holt

Class	Rudderow class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-706
Builder	Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Launched	1944-02-15
Commissioned	1944-06-09
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 2 July 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command	Blue, Victor Commanding officer from 9 June 1944

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.

Holt, hull DE-706, belonged to the Rudderow class of destroyer escorts. The name honors William Mack Holt. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 28 November 1943 and launched her on 15 February 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 9 June 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Victor Blue.

Her Pacific duty took her to Leyte, San Pedro Bay, Hollandia, and Manus.

Her commissioned service ended on 2 July 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.