USN · DE
AfloatEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-43. Puget Sound Navy Yard laid her down on 12 January 1943 and launched her on 1 August 1943. Commissioned on 7 November 1943. Lieutenant Commander Martin Herman Erdahl was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around the Marshall Islands, Guam, Ulithi, and the Caroline Islands. The Navy credited her with 9 battle stars.
| Class | Evarts class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-43 |
| Builder | Puget Sound Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1943-08-01 |
| Commissioned | 1943-11-07 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 29 December 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 Mitchell (DE-43) underway in Puget Sound on 1 December 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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