USN · DE
LeHardy
Photos and infoEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-20. Laid down at Mare Island as Duff. Launched 21 November 1942 and commissioned 15 May 1943. She left Pearl Harbor on 28 January 1944, arrived off Kwajalein on 5 February with the Southern Garrison Group, and then escorted the cargo ships to Funafuti. Not sunk.
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
|---|---|
| Hull | DE-20 |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1942-11-21 |
| Commissioned | 1943-05-15 |
| Fate | Afloat. Decommissioned 25 October 1945 at San Pedro. Sold 26 December 1946. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
USS LeHardy (DE-20) underway off Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 7 July 1943. U.S. Navy photograph. Wikimedia Commons File:USS LeHardy (DE-20) underway off Mare Island on 7 July 1943.jpg. Public domain.
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Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · escorted TG 51.4; reached Kwajalein on 5 February 1944; not sunk
