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Oliver Mitchell

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-417
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched1944-02-08
Commissioned1944-06-14
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 24 April 1946. She went to the breakers later.
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.

Oliver Mitchell
ZP-11 crewman. Aerial view of USS Oliver Mitchell (DE-417) underway in Atlantic, August 1944 (80-G-245489).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Oliver Mitchell, hull DE-417, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 3 January 1944 and launched her on 8 February 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 14 June 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Kenneth J. Barclay.

Her Pacific duty took her to Ulithi, Eniwetok, Saipan, and Iwo Jima. She was credited with 5 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 24 April 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.