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Newell

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ClassEdsall class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-322
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched1943-06-29
Commissioned1943-10-30
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 20 November 1945. The Coast Guard had her for a time after the war. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Diesel destroyer escort with reduction gears. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
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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.

Newell
New York Naval Shipyard. USS Newell (DE-322) at anchor in New York Harbor on 2 June 1944 (NH 91565).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Newell, hull DE-322, belonged to the Edsall class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 5 April 1943 and launched her on 29 June 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 30 October 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Russell Jay Roberts.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Aleutians.

Her commissioned service ended on 20 November 1945. The Coast Guard had her for a time after the war. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.