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Sellstrom

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ClassEdsall class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-255
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched1943-05-12
Commissioned1943-10-12
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 13 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.
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.

Sellstrom
U.S. Navy. USS Sellstrom (DE-255) underway off Boston, Massachusetts (USA) on 24 July 1944 (19-N-68621).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sellstrom, hull DE-255, belonged to the Edsall class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 16 March 1943 and launched her on 12 May 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 12 October 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander William Louis Maloney.

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

Her commissioned service ended on 13 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.