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Levy

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ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-162
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey
Launched1943-03-28
Commissioned1943-05-13
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 4 April 1947. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Diesel-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
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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.

Levy
U.S. Navy. USS Levy (DE-162) underway in the Pacific Ocean, circa in 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Levy, hull DE-162, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Commodore Uriah P. Levy. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Port Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 19 October 1942 and launched her on 28 March 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 13 May 1943. Her first commanding officer was Commander Frank Wahlon Schmidt.

Her Pacific duty took her to Hollandia, Manus, the Marianas, and the Philippines. She was credited with 5 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 4 April 1947. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.