USN · DE
AfloatEdsall-class destroyer escort, DE-255. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 16 March 1943 and launched her on 12 May 1943. Commissioned on 12 October 1943. Lieutenant Commander William Louis Maloney was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Adak and Dutch Harbor. The Navy credited her with 1 battle star.
| Class | Edsall class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-255 |
| Builder | Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas |
| Launched | 1943-05-12 |
| Commissioned | 1943-10-12 |
| Fate | Afloat. 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.
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
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