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Mack

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-358
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched1944-04-11
Commissioned1944-08-16
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 11 December 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
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.

Mack
U.S. Navy. USS Mack (DE-358) off Orange, Texas (USA), circa in September 1944 (BS 122231).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Mack, hull DE-358, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 14 February 1944 and launched her on 11 April 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 16 August 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander John Franklin Nelson.

Her Pacific duty took her to Hollandia, New Guinea, Palau, and Leyte.

Her commissioned service ended on 11 December 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.