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Sanders

Afloat

Evarts-class destroyer escort, DE-40. Puget Sound Navy Yard laid her down on 7 September 1942 and launched her on 18 June 1943. Commissioned on 1 October 1943. Lieutenant Commander Arthur N. Daniels was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around the Marshall Islands. The Navy credited her with 4 battle stars.

Class	Evarts class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-40
Builder	Puget Sound Navy Yard
Launched	1943-06-18
Commissioned	1943-10-01
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 19 December 1945. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes.
Command	Daniels, Arthur N. Commanding officer from 1 October 1943

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.

USN. USS Sanders (DE-40) at anchor off the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

ADDaniels, Arthur N.Commanding officer from 1 October 1943

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