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Presley

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-371
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched1944-08-19
Commissioned1944-11-07
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 20 June 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.

Presley
U.S. Navy. USS Presley (DE-371) at anchor, in 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Presley, hull DE-371, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 6 June 1944 and launched her on 19 August 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 7 November 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Richard Thompson Starr Paret.

Her Pacific duty took her to Leyte, Manus, Saipan, and Ulithi.

Her commissioned service ended on 20 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.