USN · DE
AfloatEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-24. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 7 September 1942 and launched her on 19 January 1943. Commissioned on 3 July 1943. Lieutenant Carl Edward Bull was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Tarawa, Funafuti, the Marshall Islands, and Majuro. The Navy credited her with 4 battle stars.
| 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. |
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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.
U.S. Navy. USS Whitman (DE-24) underway, circa in 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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