Pacific ships
USS Manlove (DE-36)

USN · DE

Afloat

Evarts-class destroyer escort, DE-36. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 24 February 1943 and launched her on 28 July 1943. Commissioned on 8 November 1943. Lieutenant Commander John Paul Ingle Jr. was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Majuro, the Marshall Islands, Kwajalein, and the Marianas. The Navy credited her with 5 battle stars.

ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-36
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Launched1943-07-28
Commissioned1943-11-08
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 16 November 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 Manlove (DE-36) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, in September 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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