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Leslie L.B. Knox

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ClassRudderow class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-580
BuilderBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard
Launched1944-01-08
Commissioned1944-03-22
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 15 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
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.

Leslie L.B. Knox
U.S. Navy. USS Leslie L. B. Knox (DE-580) underway at sea, circa in 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Leslie L.B. Knox, hull DE-580, belonged to the Rudderow class of destroyer escorts. Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard laid her down on 7 November 1943 and launched her on 8 January 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 22 March 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant James Andrew Moffett.

Her Pacific duty took her to New Guinea, the Philippines, Hollandia, and Leyte. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 15 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.