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Peiffer

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ClassRudderow class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-588
BuilderBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard
Launched1944-01-26
Commissioned1944-06-15
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 1 June 1946. The Navy later expended her as a target.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-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.

Peiffer
U.S. Navy. USS Peiffer (DE-588) underway at sea, circa in December 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Peiffer, hull DE-588, belonged to the Rudderow class of destroyer escorts. Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard laid her down on 21 December 1943 and launched her on 26 January 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 15 June 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Wesley Francis Jones.

Her Pacific duty took her to Manus, Leyte, Luzon, and the Philippines. She was credited with 1 battle star.

Her commissioned service ended on 1 June 1946. The Navy later expended her as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.