USN · DE

Samuel S. Miles

Afloat

Cannon-class destroyer escort, DE-183, named for Lieutenant (junior grade) Samuel Stockton Miles, a Navy doctor killed at Tulagi on 7 August 1942. Federal Shipbuilding, Newark. Commissioned 4 November 1943. On 3 October 1944, north-northeast of Angaur, her second Hedgehog salvo sank I-177. Henry G. Brousseau, Jr., had her. Decommissioned 28 March 1946. Transferred to France in 1950 as Arabe.

Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-183
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding, Newark
Launched	1943-10-03
Commissioned	1943-11-04
Fate	Afloat. Cannon-class destroyer escort, named for Lieutenant (junior grade) Samuel Stockton Miles, killed at Tulagi on 7 August 1942. Commissioned 4 November 1943. On 3 October 1944 her second Hedgehog salvo sank I-177 at 7°48′N, 133°28′E. Henry G. Brousseau, Jr., had her. Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs on 28 March 1946. Transferred to France on 12 August 1950 as Arabe (F-717). Struck 26 September 1950. Broken up in 1968.
Command	Coale, George B. Captain, 4 November 1943 – 21 May 1944 Brousseau, Henry G. Jr. Captain, 21 May 1944 – 23 July 1945; Sank I-177, 3 October 1944 Wendells, Arthur T. Captain, 23 July 1945 – 5 November 1945 Marelius, Edward A. Captain, 5 November 1945 – 28 March 1946; Decommissioned her

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

USS Samuel S. Miles (DE-183) at sea. The hull number 183 is on the bow. U.S. Navy photograph. Public domain.

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Command

GCCoale, George B.Captain, 4 November 1943 – 21 May 1944 HBBrousseau, Henry G. Jr.Captain, 21 May 1944 – 23 July 1945Sank I-177, 3 October 1944 AWWendells, Arthur T.Captain, 23 July 1945 – 5 November 1945 EMMarelius, Edward A.Captain, 5 November 1945 – 28 March 1946Decommissioned her