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Stadtfeld

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-29
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Launched1943-05-17
Commissioned1943-08-26
FateAfloat. 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.
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.

Stadtfeld
U.S. Navy. USS Stadtfeld (DE-29) fitting out at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 3 July 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Stadtfeld, hull DE-29, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 26 November 1942 and launched her on 17 May 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 26 August 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Sigurd Hansen.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Gilbert Islands, Funafuti, the Marshall Islands, and Majuro. She was credited with 4 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 15 November 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.