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Rhodes

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ClassEdsall class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-384
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched1943-06-29
Commissioned1943-10-25
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 13 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Diesel destroyer escort with reduction gears. Three 3-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.

Rhodes
U.S. Navy. USS Rhodes (DE-384) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 29 May 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Rhodes, hull DE-384, belonged to the Edsall class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 19 April 1943 and launched her on 29 June 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 25 October 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Eugene Auguste Coffin Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to Adak. She was credited with 1 battle star.

Her commissioned service ended on 13 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.