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Richey

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ClassEdsall class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-385
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched1943-06-30
Commissioned1943-10-30
FateAfloat. The Coast Guard had her for a time after the war. The Navy later expended her as a target.
Armament (class)Diesel destroyer escort with reduction gears. Three 3-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.

Richey
U.S. Navy photo NH 74293. USS Richey (DE-385) at anchor, circa in 1945 (NH 74293).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Richey, hull DE-385, belonged to the Edsall class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 19 April 1943 and launched her on 30 June 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 30 October 1943. Her first commanding officer was Commander Petros D. Mills.

Her Pacific duty took her to Adak.

The Coast Guard had her for a time after the war. The Navy later expended her as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.