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Neuendorf

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-200
BuilderCharleston Navy Yard
Launched1943-06-01
Commissioned1943-10-18
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 14 May 1946.
Armament (class)Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
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.

Neuendorf
U.S. Navy. USS Neuendorf (DE-200) at anchor, circa on 28 August 1944 (80-G-479875).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Neuendorf, hull DE-200, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Charleston Navy Yard laid her down on 15 February 1943 and launched her on 1 June 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 18 October 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Jasper Newton McDonald Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to New Guinea, Hollandia, Aitape, and Wakde. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 14 May 1946.

The pictures on this page are the originals.