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Jack Miller

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-410
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched1944-01-10
Commissioned1944-04-13
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 1 June 1946. 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.

Jack Miller
U.S. Navy. USS Jack Miller (DE-410) underway, circa in 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Jack Miller, hull DE-410, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 29 November 1943 and launched her on 10 January 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 13 April 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander James William Whaley.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok. She was credited with 2 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 1 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.