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Thomason

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-203
BuilderCharleston Navy Yard
Launched1943-08-23
Commissioned1943-12-10
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 22 May 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Turbo-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.

Thomason
U.S. Navy. USS Thomason (DE-203) off Charleston, South Carolina (USA), on 17 February 1944 (BS 60778).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Thomason, hull DE-203, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Charleston Navy Yard laid her down on 5 June 1943 and launched her on 23 August 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 10 December 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Charles Buck Henriques.

Her Pacific duty took her to Espiritu Santo, New Guinea, Wakde, and Noemfoor. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 22 May 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.