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Shelton

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-407
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched1943-12-18
Commissioned1944-04-04
FateSunk. She was lost on 3 October 1944. A submarine sank her.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
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.

Shelton
U.S. Navy. USS Shelton (DE-407) underway at sea, circa in 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Shelton, hull DE-407, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 1 November 1943 and launched her on 18 December 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 4 April 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Lewis George Salomon.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok and Morotai. She was credited with 1 battle star. She was lost on 3 October 1944. A submarine sank her.

The pictures on this page are the originals.