USN · DE
AfloatRudderow-class destroyer escort, DE-708. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 8 January 1944 and launched her on 25 March 1944. Commissioned on 29 July 1944. Lieutenant Commander James Cecil Toft Jr. was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around the Philippines, Leyte, Manus, and Palau.
| Class | Rudderow class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-708 |
| Builder | Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan |
| Launched | 1944-03-25 |
| Commissioned | 1944-07-29 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 1 July 1970. The Navy later expended her as a target. |
| Armament (class) | Destroyer escort. Two 5-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.
U.S. Navy. USS Parle (DE-708) underway on Lake Michigan c1968.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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