USN · DE
AfloatEdsall-class destroyer escort, DE-384. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 19 April 1943 and launched her on 29 June 1943. Commissioned on 25 October 1943. Lieutenant Commander Eugene Auguste Coffin Jr. was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Adak. The Navy credited her with 1 battle star.
| Class | Edsall class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-384 |
| Builder | Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas |
| Launched | 1943-06-29 |
| Commissioned | 1943-10-25 |
| Fate | Afloat. 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.
U.S. Navy. USS Rhodes (DE-384) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 29 May 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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