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Woodson

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-359
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched1944-04-29
Commissioned1944-08-24
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 11 August 1962. She went to the breakers later.
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.

Woodson
U.S. Navy photo UA 570.15.03. USS Woodson (DE-359) at anchor, circa in 1945 (UA 570.15.03).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Woodson, hull DE-359, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Jeff Davis Woodson. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 7 March 1944 and launched her on 29 April 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 24 August 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander James Louis Foley.

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

Her commissioned service ended on 11 August 1962. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.