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Lake

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-301
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Launched1943-08-18
Commissioned1944-02-05
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 3 December 1945. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes.
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.

Lake
USS Lake (DE-301) underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 7 April 1944 (NH 83882).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Lake, hull DE-301, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 22 April 1943 and launched her on 18 August 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 5 February 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Arthur D. Weekes Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Marshall Islands, Eniwetok, the Marianas, and Saipan. She was credited with 2 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 3 December 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.