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Whitman

Class	Evarts class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-24
Builder	Mare Island Navy Yard
Launched	1943-01-19
Commissioned	1943-07-03
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 1 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	Bull, Carl Edward Commanding officer from 3 July 1943

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.

Whitman, hull DE-24, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 7 September 1942 and launched her on 19 January 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 3 July 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Carl Edward Bull.

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

Her commissioned service ended on 1 November 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.