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Stern

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ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-187
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey
Launched1943-10-31
Commissioned1943-12-01
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 16 April 1946. Another navy received her later. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Diesel-electric destroyer escort. 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.

Stern
U.S. Navy. USS Stern (DE-187) at anchor off New York City (USA) on 3 February 1944 (BS 61265).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Stern, hull DE-187, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Port Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 12 August 1943 and launched her on 31 October 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 1 December 1943. Her first commanding officer was Commander James R. Hinton Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to Luzon, Ulithi, Iwo Jima, and Guam.

Her commissioned service ended on 16 April 1946. Another navy received her later. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.