USN · DE
AfloatEdsall-class destroyer escort, DE-322. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 5 April 1943 and launched her on 29 June 1943. Commissioned on 30 October 1943. Lieutenant Commander Russell Jay Roberts was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around the Aleutians.
| Class | Edsall class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-322 |
| Builder | Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas |
| Launched | 1943-06-29 |
| Commissioned | 1943-10-30 |
| Fate | Afloat. 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.
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
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