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John L. Williamson

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-370
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched1944-08-29
Commissioned1944-10-31
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 14 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.

John L. Williamson
U.S. Navy photo NH 77369. USS John L. Williamson (DE-370) anchored in San Francisco Bay, California (USA), on 15 March 1946 (NH 77369).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

John L. Williamson, hull DE-370, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 22 May 1944 and launched her on 29 August 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 31 October 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander John Edward Allen.

Her Pacific duty took her to Iwo Jima, Eniwetok, Majuro, and the Marshall Islands.

Her commissioned service ended on 14 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.