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Lovering

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-39
BuilderPuget Sound Navy Yard
Launched1943-06-18
Commissioned1943-09-17
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 16 October 1945. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes.
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.

Lovering
U.S. Navy. USS Lovering (DE-39) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 25 November 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Lovering, hull DE-39, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Puget Sound Navy Yard laid her down on 7 September 1942 and launched her on 18 June 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 17 September 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Augustus Hoke Donaldson.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Gilbert Islands, Tarawa, Kwajalein, and Majuro. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 16 October 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.