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Kendall C. Campbell

Class	John C. Butler class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-443
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Launched	1944-03-19
Commissioned	1944-07-31
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 31 May 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command	Johnson, Raymond Wilber Commanding officer from 31 July 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.

Kendall C. Campbell, hull DE-443, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Kendall Carl Campbell. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 16 December 1943 and launched her on 19 March 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 31 July 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Raymond Wilber Johnson.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Marianas, the Caroline Islands, Luzon, and Lingayen. She was credited with 4 battle stars.

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

The pictures on this page are the originals.