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Holton

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-703
BuilderDefoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Launched1943-12-15
Commissioned1944-05-01
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 31 May 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-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.

Holton
U.S. Navy. USS Holton (DE-703) at anchor, circa in 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Holton, hull DE-703, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 28 September 1943 and launched her on 15 December 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 1 May 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander John B. Boy.

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

Her commissioned service ended on 31 May 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.