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Martin

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-30
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Launched1943-05-18
Commissioned1943-09-04
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 19 November 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.

Martin
U.S. Navy. Launch of USS Martin (DE-30) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 18 May 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Martin, hull DE-30, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 26 November 1942 and launched her on 18 May 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 4 September 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Paul Emerson Warfield.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, Kwajalein, Guam, and the Marshall Islands.

Her commissioned service ended on 19 November 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.