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Williams

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-372
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched1944-08-22
Commissioned1944-11-11
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 4 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.

Williams
U.S. Navy. USS Williams (DE-372) in port, circa in 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Williams, hull DE-372, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 5 June 1944 and launched her on 22 August 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 11 November 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Louis Frank Loutrel Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to Espiritu Santo, Ulithi, Manus, and the Admiralty Islands.

Her commissioned service ended on 4 June 1946. The Navy later expended her as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.