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Leland E. Thomas

Class	John C. Butler class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-420
Builder	Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched	1944-02-28
Commissioned	1944-06-19
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 3 May 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command	Rosenberg, Leslie Edward Commanding officer from 19 June 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.

Leland E. Thomas, hull DE-420, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 21 January 1944 and launched her on 28 February 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 19 June 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Leslie Edward Rosenberg.

Her Pacific duty took her to Leyte, Manus, Hollandia, and Mangarin. She was credited with 1 battle star.

Her commissioned service ended on 3 May 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.