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Seid

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-256
BuilderBoston Navy Yard
Launched1943-02-22
Commissioned1943-06-11
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 14 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

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.

Seid
USS Seid (DE-256) underway, circa in 1945 (NH 90057).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Seid, hull DE-256, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Boston Navy Yard laid her down on 10 January 1943 and launched her on 22 February 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 11 June 1943. Her first commanding officer was Commander Charles Arthur Thorwall.

Her Pacific duty took her to Espiritu Santo, Eniwetok, Peleliu, and Ulithi. She was credited with 2 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 14 December 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.