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Rall

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-304
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Launched1943-09-23
Commissioned1944-04-08
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 11 December 1945. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes.
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.

Rall
USS Rall (DE-304) at anchor in April 1945 (80-G-330116).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Rall, hull DE-304, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 24 May 1943 and launched her on 23 September 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 8 April 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Crittenden Battelle Taylor.

Her Pacific duty took her to Ulithi, Iwo Jima, Saipan, and Espiritu Santo. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 11 December 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.