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Savage

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ClassEdsall class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-386
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched1943-07-15
Commissioned1943-10-29
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 13 June 1946. 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.
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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.

Savage
U.S. Navy. USS Frontier (AD-25), USS Philip (DD-498), USS Nicholas (DD-449) and USS Savage (DER-386) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (USA), in March 1967.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Savage, hull DE-386, belonged to the Edsall class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 30 April 1943 and launched her on 15 July 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 29 October 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Oscar C. Rohnke.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Aleutians and Adak. She was credited with 1 battle star.

Her commissioned service ended on 13 June 1946. The Navy later expended her as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.