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Major

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-796
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched1943-10-23
Commissioned1944-02-12
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 13 March 1948. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
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.

Major
U.S. Navy photo L45-173.01.02. USS Major (DE-796) underway, circa in 1944 (L45-173.01.02).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Major, hull DE-796, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 16 August 1943 and launched her on 23 October 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 12 February 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Oscar William Goepner.

Her Pacific duty took her to Manus, the Admiralty Islands, Hollandia, and New Guinea.

Her commissioned service ended on 13 March 1948. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.