USN · DE
AfloatEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-39. Puget Sound Navy Yard laid her down on 7 September 1942 and launched her on 18 June 1943. Commissioned on 17 September 1943. Lieutenant Commander Augustus Hoke Donaldson was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around the Gilbert Islands, Tarawa, Kwajalein, and Majuro. The Navy credited her with 3 battle stars.
| Class | Evarts class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-39 |
| Builder | Puget Sound Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1943-06-18 |
| Commissioned | 1943-09-17 |
| Fate | Afloat. 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. |
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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.
U.S. Navy. USS Lovering (DE-39) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 25 November 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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