Pacific ships

Photos and the story

Robert F. Keller

Back to Robert F. Keller

ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-419
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched1944-02-19
Commissioned1944-06-17
FateAfloat. 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.

Robert F. Keller
U.S. Navy. USS Robert F. Keller (DE-419) underway in the Pacific Ocean on 3 January 1945 (80-G-263931).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Robert F. Keller, hull DE-419, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 12 January 1944 and launched her on 19 February 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 17 June 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Raymond John Toner.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Philippines, Eniwetok, Saipan, and Iwo Jima.

She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.