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Tisdale

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-33
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Launched1943-06-28
Commissioned1943-10-11
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 17 November 1945. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes.
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.

Tisdale
USS Tisdale (DE-33), circa in August 1945 (NH 79821).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Tisdale, hull DE-33, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 23 January 1943 and launched her on 28 June 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 11 October 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Theodore Wolcott.

Her Pacific duty took her to Tarawa, the Gilbert Islands, Funafuti, and Kwajalein. She was credited with 4 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 17 November 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.