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Traw

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-350
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched1944-02-12
Commissioned1944-06-20
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 7 June 1946. The Navy later expended her as a target.
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.

Traw
U.S. Navy. USS Traw (DE-350) at anchor, circa in 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Traw, hull DE-350, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 19 December 1943 and launched her on 12 February 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 20 June 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander James T. Kilbreth Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Admiralty Islands, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Leyte.

Her commissioned service ended on 7 June 1946. The Navy later expended her as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.