USN · DE
AfloatEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-301. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 22 April 1943 and launched her on 18 August 1943. Commissioned on 5 February 1944. Lieutenant Commander Arthur D. Weekes Jr. was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around the Marshall Islands, Eniwetok, the Marianas, and Saipan. The Navy credited her with 2 battle stars.
| Class | Evarts class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-301 |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1943-08-18 |
| Commissioned | 1944-02-05 |
| Fate | Afloat. 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. |
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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.
USS Lake (DE-301) underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 7 April 1944 (NH 83882).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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