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Tabberer

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-418
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched1944-02-18
Commissioned1944-05-23
FateAfloat. She went to the breakers later.
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.

Tabberer
U.S. Navy. USS Tabberer (DE-418) underway near Houstan, Texas (USA), circa in May 1944 (BS 95010A).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Tabberer, hull DE-418, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 12 January 1944 and launched her on 18 February 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 23 May 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Henry Lee Plage.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and San Pedro Bay. She was credited with 4 battle stars.

She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.