Photos and the story
| Class | John C. Butler class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-356 |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
| Launched | 1944-03-21 |
| Commissioned | 1944-08-01 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 10 October 1946. She went to the breakers later. |
| Armament (class) | Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull. |
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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.
Lloyd E. Acree, hull DE-356, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 24 January 1944 and launched her on 21 March 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 1 August 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander John Everett Greenbacker.
Her Pacific duty took her to New Guinea, Luzon, Mangarin, and Mindoro.
Her commissioned service ended on 10 October 1946. She went to the breakers later.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.