USN · DE
AfloatEdsall-class destroyer escort, DE-386. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 30 April 1943 and launched her on 15 July 1943. Commissioned on 29 October 1943. Lieutenant Commander Oscar C. Rohnke was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around the Aleutians and Adak. The Navy credited her with 1 battle star.
| Class | Edsall class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-386 |
| Builder | Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas |
| Launched | 1943-07-15 |
| Commissioned | 1943-10-29 |
| Fate | Afloat. 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.
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
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