USN · DE
AfloatEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-31. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 24 December 1942 and launched her on 15 June 1943. Commissioned on 11 September 1943. Lieutenant Commander Lyman Maurice King Jr. was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Funafuti, the Gilbert Islands, Makin, and Kwajalein. The Navy credited her with 5 battle stars.
| Class | Evarts class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-31 |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1943-06-15 |
| Commissioned | 1943-09-11 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 15 November 1945. She went to the breakers later. |
| Armament (class) | Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes. |
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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 Sederstrom (DE-31) underway, circa in 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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