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Naifeh

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-352
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched1944-02-29
Commissioned1944-07-04
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 17 June 1960. The Navy later expended her as a target.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
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.

Naifeh
U.S. Navy. Aerial starboard view of USS Naifeh (DE-352) underway off Nantucket August 1944 (80-G-245454).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Naifeh, hull DE-352, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 29 December 1943 and launched her on 29 February 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 4 July 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant John Seaman Albert III.

Her Pacific duty took her to Manus, the Admiralty Islands, the Philippines, and Leyte. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 17 June 1960. The Navy later expended her as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.