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Stafford

Class	John C. Butler class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-411
Builder	Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched	1944-01-11
Commissioned	1944-04-19
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 16 May 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command	Craig, Volney Hamilton Jr. Commanding officer from 19 April 1944

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.

Stafford, hull DE-411, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Richard Y. Stafford. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 29 November 1943 and launched her on 11 January 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 19 April 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Volney Hamilton Craig Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to Luzon, Leyte, Surigao, and Mindanao. She was credited with 2 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 16 May 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.