Photos and the story

Maurice J. Manuel

Class	John C. Butler class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-351
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched	1944-02-19
Commissioned	1944-06-30
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 30 October 1957. The Navy later expended her as a target.
Armament (class)	Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command	Lowry, William McCulloch Commanding officer from 30 June 1944

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.

Maurice J. Manuel, hull DE-351, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 22 December 1943 and launched her on 19 February 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 30 June 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander William McCulloch Lowry.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Admiralty Islands, Manus, the Philippines, and Leyte.

Her commissioned service ended on 30 October 1957. The Navy later expended her as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.