Pacific ships
USS Stern (DE-187)

USN · DE

Afloat

Cannon-class destroyer escort, DE-187. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Port Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 12 August 1943 and launched her on 31 October 1943. Commissioned on 1 December 1943. Commander James R. Hinton Jr. was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Luzon, Ulithi, Iwo Jima, and Guam.

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.
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.

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

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