This is a list of destroyer escort

Destroyer escort

A destroyer escort is the classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships, primarily of the United States Merchant Marine in World War II. It is employed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, but also provides some protection...

s of the United States Navy

United States Navy

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, listed both by hull number and by name. It includes the hull classification symbol

Hull classification symbol

The United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, and United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration use hull classification symbols to identify their ship types and each individual ship within each type...

s DE (both Destroyer Escort and Ocean Escort), DEG, and DER.

The Lend-lease Act was passed into law in the USA in March 1941 enabling the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 to procure merchant ships, warships and munitions etc from the USA, in order to help with the war effort. This enabled the UK to commission the USA to design, build and supply an escort vessel that was suitable for anti submarine warfare in deep open ocean situations, which they did in June 1941. Captain E.L. Cochrane of the American Bureau of Shipping

American Bureau of Shipping

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 came up with a design which was known as the British Destroyer Escort (BDE). The BDE designation was retained by the first six Destroyer Escorts transferred to the United Kingdom ( BDE 1, 2, 3, 4, 12 and 46); of the initial order of 50 these were the only ones the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 received, the rest being reclassified as Destroyer Escort (DE) on January 25, 1943 and taken over by the United States Navy

United States Navy

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.

Ships that were classified DE or DEG were reclassified in 1975

United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification

The United States Navy reclassified many of its surface vessels in 1975, changing terminology and hull classification symbols for cruisers, frigates, and ocean escorts.- Classification prior to 1975 :...

 as FF or FFG (frigate

Frigate

A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...

s). This affected hull numbers DE-1037 and higher as well as all DEGs.

Classes

Class	Design type	Lead Ship	Commissioned	# Ships ordered	# Ships Completed as US DEs
Evarts Evarts class destroyer escort The Evarts class destroyer escorts were destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1942–1944. They served in World War II as convoy escorts and anti-submarine warfare ships. They were also known as the GMT or "short hull" DE class, with GMT standing for General Motors Tandem Diesel...	GMT	USS Evarts (DE-5) USS Evarts (DE-5) USS Evarts was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escorts in the United States Navy. She was named for Milo Burnell Evarts.Evarts was launched on 7 December 1942 at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, as BDE-5, intended for transfer to Britain. Instead, she was retained for use in...	April 15, 1943	105	65
Buckley Buckley class destroyer escort The Buckley class destroyer escorts were 102 destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1943 - 1944. They served in World War II as convoy escorts and anti-submarine warfare ships. The lead ship was USS Buckley which was launched on 9 January 1943. The ships had General Electric steam...	TE	USS Buckley (DE-51) USS Buckley (DE-51) USS Buckley , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ordnanceman John D. Buckley , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands....	April 30, 1943	154	65
Cannon Cannon class destroyer escort The Cannon class destroyer escorts were built primarily for ocean Anti-Submarine Warfare escort service during World War II. The lead ship, was commissioned on 26 September 1943 at Wilmington, Delaware. The class was also known as the DET type from their Diesel Electric Tandem drive. Of the 116...	DET	USS Cannon (DE-99) USS Cannon (DE-99) USS Cannon was a destroyer escort launched on 25 May 1943 by the Dravo Corporation in Wilmington, Delaware and was sponsored by Mrs. E. H. Cannon. Cannon was commissioned on 26 September 1943, with Lieutenant Commander G. Morris in command, and reported to the United States Atlantic Fleet. The...	Sept. 26, 1943	116 |align=center|   58
Edsall Edsall class destroyer escort The Edsall class destroyer escorts were built primarily for ocean anti-submarine escort service during World War II. The lead ship, USS Edsall was commissioned on 10 April 1943 at Orange, Texas. The class was also known as the FMR type from their Fairbanks-Morse Reduction-geared diesel drive...	FMR	USS Edsall (DE-129) USS Edsall (DE-129) USS Edsall was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Seaman Norman Edsall ....	April 10, 1943	85	85
Rudderow Rudderow class destroyer escort The Rudderow class destroyer escorts were destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1943 to 1945. Of this class, 22 were completed as destroyer escorts, and 50 were completed as Crosley-class high speed transport and were re-classified as High speed transport APDs. One ship was converted...	TEV	USS Rudderow (DE-224) USS Rudderow (DE-224) USS Rudderow was a United States Navy destroyer escort named after Thomas Wright Rudderow. Lead ship of her class, she was laid down on 15 July 1943 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, launched on 14 October 1943 and commissioned on 15 May 1944, Lieutenant-Commander Malcolm W...	May 15, 1944	252	21
John C. Butler John C. Butler class destroyer escort The John C. Butler class destroyer escort originated during World War II. The lead ship was the , commissioned on 31 March 1944. The class was also known as the WGT type from their Westinghouse Geared Turbine drive...	WGT	USS John C. Butler (DE-339) USS John C. Butler (DE-339) USS John C. Butler was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escorts in the service of the United States Navy, named after Ensign John C. Butler , who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in the Battle of Midway.John C...	March 31 1944	293	83
Dealey Dealey class destroyer escort The Dealey class destroyer escorts were the first post-World War II escort ships built for the United States Navy.Slightly faster and larger than the escort destroyers of the previous era, they were fitted with twin-mounted 3 inch guns, ASW rockets, a depth charge rack and 6 depth charge launchers...	SCB 72	USS Dealey (DE-1006) USS Dealey (DE-1006) USS Dealey , the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Commander Samuel D. Dealey, who was awarded the Medal of Honor as captain of the famous World War II submarine USS Harder.-History:...	June 3, 1954	13	13
Claud Jones Claud Jones class destroyer escort The Claud Jones class destroyer escorts were four ships built for the US Navy in the late 1950s. These ships were a Diesel version of the earlier Dealey class and were designed with the aim of producing a cheaper ship suitable for rapid production in wartime. These ships also had reduced armament...	SCB 131	USS Claud Jones (DE-1033) USS Claud Jones (DE-1033) USS Claud Jones was launched 27 May 1958 by Avondale Marine Ways, Avondale, Louisiana, sponsored by Mrs. M. R. J. Wyllie; and commissioned 10 February 1959, Lieutenant Commander W. M. Cone in command...	Feb. 10, 1959	4	4

By hull number

• ((B)DE-1) Bayntun
  HMS Bayntun (K310)
  USS Bayntun the first of the lend lease destroyer escorts in the United States Navy. She served in the Royal Navy as HMS Bayntun . She was named for Henry William Bayntun.-History:...
  
  
• ((B)DE-2) Bazely
  HMS Bazely (K311)
  The second USS Bazely was a lend lease destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She served in the Royal Navy as HMS Bazely . She was named for John Bazely....
  
  
• ((B)DE-3) Berry
  HMS Berry (K312)
  HMS Berry was a , built in the United States as a , and transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, which served in World War II. She was named after Rear Admiral Sir Edward Berry ....
  
  
• ((B)DE-4) Blackwood
  HMS Blackwood (K313)
  HMS Blackwood was a Captain-class frigate of the Evarts-class of destroyer escort, originally commissioned to be built for the U.S. Navy...
  
  
• (DE-5) Evarts
  USS Evarts (DE-5)
  USS Evarts was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escorts in the United States Navy. She was named for Milo Burnell Evarts.Evarts was launched on 7 December 1942 at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, as BDE-5, intended for transfer to Britain. Instead, she was retained for use in...
  
  
• (DE-6) Wyffels
  USS Wyffels (DE-6)
  USS Wyffels was a in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lawrence Edward Wyffels.Intended for transfer to Great Britain, Wyffels was laid down as BDE-6 on 17 October 1942 at Charlestown, Massachusetts, by the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 7 December 1942; retained by...
  
  
• (DE-7) Griswold
  USS Griswold (DE-7)
  USS Griswold was an Evarts-class short-hull destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, the second ship named for Ensign Don T. Griswold, who perished during the battle of Midway 1942....
  
  
• (DE-8) Steele
  USS Steele (DE-8)
  USS Steele was an Evarts-class short-hull destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, named for Private John M. Steele, US Marines, killed during the Battle of the Coral Sea on 8 May 1942....
  
  
• (DE-9) Carlson
  USS Carlson (DE-9)
  USS Carlson was an Evarts-class short-hull destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, named for Chief Daniel William Carlson, killed during the Battle of Midway when was sunk....
  
  
• (DE-10) Bebas
  USS Bebas (DE-10)
  USS Bebas was an Evarts-class short-hull destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy. She was named for Ensign Gus George Bebas....
  
  
• (DE-11) Crouter
  USS Crouter (DE-11)
  USS Crouter was an of the United States Navy in commission from 1943 to 1945. The ship was named after Mark Hanna Crouter , U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• ((B)DE-12) Burges
  HMS Burges (K347)
  HMS Burges was a , built in the United States as a , and transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, which served in World War II...
  
  
• (DE-13) Brennan
  USS Brennan (DE-13)
  USS Brennan was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II and commissioned in January 1943...
  
  
• (DE-14) Doherty
  USS Doherty (DE-14)
  USS Doherty was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-15) Austin
  USS Austin (DE-15)
  USS Austin , was an of the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was named for Chief Carpenter John Arnold Austin who was killed in action on board during the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941, and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.The second Austin ...
  
  
• (DE-16) Edgar G. Chase
  USS Edgar G. Chase (DE-16)
  USS Edgar G. Chase was an Evarts-class "short-hull" destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy named after Edgar Griffith Chase, executive officer of a destroyer lost at Guadalcanal in 1942.Edgar G...
  
  
• (DE-17) Edward C. Daly
  USS Edward C. Daly (DE-17)
  USS Edward C. Daly was an Evarts-class "short-hull" destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, named after coxswain Edward C. Daly, killed on 7 December 1941 while serving on .Edward C...
  
  
• (DE-18) Gilmore
  USS Gilmore (DE-18)
  USS Gilmore was an Evarts-class short-hulldestroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, named after Commander Walter William Gilmore, Supply Corps, killed on 8 May 1942 while serving as the supply officer of the in the Battle of Coral Sea.Originally allocated to the United Kingdom...
  
  
• (DE-19) Burden R. Hastings
  USS Burden R. Hastings (DE-19)
  USS Burden R. Hastings was an of the United States Navy during World War II. Immediately after being built, she was crewed and send to the Pacific Ocean to escort convoys and to protect them from air and submarine attack. During her wartime service, she was credited with having sunk one Japanese...
  
  
• (DE-20) LeHardy
  USS LeHardy (DE-20)
  USS LeHardy was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-21) Harold C. Thomas
  USS Harold C. Thomas (DE-21)
  USS Harold C. Thomas was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-22) Wileman
  USS Wileman (DE-22)
  USS Wileman was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-23) Charles R. Greer
  USS Charles R. Greer (DE-23)
  USS Charles R. Greer was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft. At the end of the war, she returned to the United States proudly with two...
  
  
• (DE-24) Whitman
  USS Whitman (DE-24)
  USS Whitman was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-25) Wintle
  USS Wintle (DE-25)
  USS Wintle was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-26) Dempsey
  USS Dempsey (DE-26)
  USS Dempsey was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-27) Duffy
• (DE-28) Emery
  USS Emery (DE-28)
  USS Emery was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-29) Stadtfeld
  USS Stadtfeld (DE-29)
  USS Stadtfeld was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-30) Martin
  USS Martin (DE-30)
  USS Martin was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft....
  
  
• (DE-31) Sederstrom
  USS Sederstrom (DE-31)
  USS Sederstrom was a of the United States Navy during World War II. She was promptly sent to the Pacific Ocean to escort convoys and to protect other ships from Japanese planes and submarines. Her assignments took her from one battle area to another, but she was fortunate in remaining almost...
  
  
• (DE-32) Fleming
  USS Fleming (DE-32)
  USS Fleming was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. While performing convoy and escort duty in the Pacific Ocean she was also able to sink one Japanese submarine and to shoot down several kamikaze planes that intended to crash onto her...
  
  
• (DE-33) Tisdale
  USS Tisdale (DE-33)
  USS Tisdale was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-34) Eisele
  USS Eisele (DE-34)
  USS Eisele was an short-hulldestroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, named after Seaman Second Class George Raymond Eisele, killed in action on board the heavy cruiser on 12 November 1942 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal....
  
  
• (DE-35) Fair
  USS Fair (DE-35)
  USS Fair was a ship named by the United States Navy for Lieutenant, junior grade Victor Norman Fair, Jr., who was born on 15 August 1921 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, enlisted in the Naval Reserve on 15 August 1940, and was commissioned ensign on 14 March 1941...
  
  
• (DE-36) Manlove
  USS Manlove (DE-36)
  USS Manlove was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-37) Greiner
  USS Greiner (DE-37)
  USS Greiner was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-38) Wyman
  USS Wyman (DE-38)
  USS Wyman was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-39) Lovering
  USS Lovering (DE-39)
  USS Lovering was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-40) Sanders
  USS Sanders (DE-40)
  USS Sanders was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent to the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other shipping from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft. She performed dangerous work in major battle areas and was awarded...
  
  
• (DE-41) Brackett
  USS Brackett (DE-41)
  USS Brackett was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-42) Reynolds
  USS Reynolds (DE-42)
  USS Reynolds was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-43) Mitchell
  USS Mitchell (DE-43)
  USS Mitchell was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-44) Donaldson
  USS Donaldson (DE-44)
  USS Donaldson was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-45) Andres
  USS Andres (DE-45)
  USS Andres was an Evarts-class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. Sent off to the dangerous waters of the North Atlantic Ocean during the Battle of the Atlantic to protect convoys and other ships from Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine U-boats and fighter...
  
  
• ((B)DE-46) Drury
  HMS Drury (K316)
  HMS Drury was a Captain class frigate of the Evarts-class of destroyer escort, originally commissioned to be built for the United States Navy. Before she was finished in 1942, she was transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, and saw service during the Second World War...
  
  
• (DE-47) Decker
  USS Decker (DE-47)
  USS Decker was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into dangerous North Atlantic Ocean waters to protect convoys and other ships from German submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-48) Dobler
  USS Dobler (DE-48)
  USS Dobler was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into dangerous North Atlantic Ocean waters to protect convoys and other ships from German submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-49) Doneff
  USS Doneff (DE-49)
  USS Doneff was an which served in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater of Operations. The only encounter with the Imperial Japanese Navy was the sighting of one or two A6M Zero fighters during the operational time spent in the Aleutian Islands. The Chief Yeoman was Arthur E...
  
  
• (DE-50) Engstrom
  USS Engstrom (DE-50)
  USS Engstrom was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-51) Buckley
  USS Buckley (DE-51)
  USS Buckley , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ordnanceman John D. Buckley , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands....
  
  
• (DE-52) Bull
• (DE-53) Charles Lawrence
  USS Charles Lawrence (DE-53)
  USS Charles Lawrence , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ordnanceman Charles Lawrence , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941....
  
  
• (DE-54) Daniel T. Griffin
  USS Daniel T. Griffin (DE-54)
  USS Daniel T. Griffin , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ordnanceman Daniel T. Griffin , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands....
  
  
• (DE-55) Donaldson - to Royal Navy as
• (DE-56) Donnell
  USS Donnell (DE-56)
  USS Donnell , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Earl Roe Donnell , who was killed in action while serving in Scouting Squadron 6 aboard the aircraft carrier during an attack on the Marshall Islands on 6 February 1942.Donnell was laid down on 27 November 1942 at the...
  
  
• (DE-57) Fogg
  USS Fogg (DE-57)
  USS Fogg , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Carleton Thayer Fogg , who was killed in action while serving aboard the aircraft carrier during the initial attack Kwajalein, 1 February 1942....
  
  
• (DE-58) Formore
  HMS Calder (K349)
  HMS Calder was a Buckley class Captain class frigate during World War II. Named after Admiral Sir Robert Calder, Bt. KCB, who was appointed Captain of the Fleet to Admiral John Jervis in 1796, and saw action at the battle of Cape St Vincent on 14 February 1797.The Commanding Officers of HMS Calder...
  
  
• (DE-59) Foss
  USS Foss (DE-59)
  USS Foss , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Rodney Shelton Foss , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands....
  
  
• (DE-60) Gantner
  USS Gantner (DE-60)
  USS Gantner , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Boatswain's Mate Samuel Merritt Gantner , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands....
  
  
• (DE-61) Thomas J. Gary
  HMS Duckworth (K351)
  -Service:HMS Duckworth was a Captain class frigate of the Royal Navy. Built in Massachusetts USA, she was launched on 1 May 1943 as USS Gary in honor of Thomas J. Gary, a Texan who died in the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Gary was transferred to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease on 4 August 1943...
  
  
• (DE-62) George W. Ingram
  USS George W. Ingram (DE-62)
  USS George W. Ingram , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Seaman George Washington Ingram , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands....
  
  
• (DE-63) Ira Jeffery
  USS Ira Jeffery (DE-63)
  USS Ira Jeffery , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Ira Well Jeffery who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands while serving aboard the battleship ....
  
  
• (DE-64) Lamons
• (DE-65) Lee Fox
  USS Lee Fox (DE-65)
  USS Lee Fox , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Lee Fox , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, on 7 December 1941....
  
  
• (DE-66) Amesbury
  USS Amesbury (DE-66)
  USS Amesbury , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Stanton Morgan Amesbury , who was killed in action while flying from the aircraft carrier during Operation Torch in 1942....
  
  
• (DE-67) Essington
• (DE-68) Bates
  USS Bates (DE-68)
  USS Bates , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Edward M. Bates , who was killed on board during the attack on Pearl Harbor....
  
  
• (DE-69) Blessman
  USS Blessman (DE-69)
  USS Blessman , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Edward Martin Blessman , who was killed in action in the Pacific on 4 February 1942....
  
  
• (DE-70) Joseph E. Campbell
  USS Joseph E. Campbell (DE-70)
  USS Joseph E. Campbell , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Joseph Eugene Campbell , who was killed in action while engaging the enemy on 9 August 1942....
  
  
• (DE-71) Oswald
  HMS Affleck (K462)
  HMS Affleck was a Captain class frigate which served during World War II. The ship was named after Sir Edmund Affleck, commander of HMS Bedford at the Moonlight Battle in 1780 during the American Revolutionary War....
  
  
• (DE-72) Harmon
  HMS Aylmer (K463)
  HMS Aylmer was a Buckley class Captain class frigate during World War II. The ship was named after Matthew Aylmer, commander of at the Battle of Barfleur in 1692 during the War of the Grand Alliance....
  
  
• (DE-73) McAnn - to Royal Navy as
• (DE-74) Ebert - to Royal Navy as
• (DE-75) Eisele - to Royal Navy as
• (DE-76) Liddle - to Royal Navy as
• (DE-77) Straub - to Royal Navy as
• (DE-78) Bullen
  HMS Bullen (K469)
  HMS Bullen was a Buckley class Captain class frigate during World War II. Named after Captain Charles Bullen of at the battle of Trafalgar.The Commanding Officer was Lt Cdr A.H. Parrish RN.-Sinking:...
  
   - to Royal Navy as
• (DE-79) Byron
  HMS Byron (K508)
  HMS Byron was a British Captain class frigate of World War II. Named after Vice-Admiral The Honourable John Byron whose frequent encounters with bad weather in ensuing years won him the sobriquet, “Foul Weather Jack”.Commanding Officers were Lt K C L Southcombe RN October 1943 and Lt J Burfield RN...
  
   - to Royal Navy as
• (DE-80) Conn
  HMS Conn (K509)
  HMS Conn was a Buckley class Captain class frigate during World War II. Named after Captain John Conn of at the Battle of Trafalgar....
  
  
• (DE-81) Cotton
  HMS Cotton (K510)
  HMS Cotton was a of the British Royal Navy that served in World War II. The ship was laid down as a at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts on 2 June 1943, with the hull number DE-81, and launched on 21 August 1943...
  
  
• (DE-82) Cranstoun
  HMS Cranstoun (K511)
  HMS Cranstoun was a of the British Royal Navy that served in the last two years of World War II. The ship was laid down as a at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts on 9 June 1943, with the hull number DE-82, and launched on 28 August 1943...
  
  
• (DE-83) Cubitt
  HMS Cubitt (K512)
  HMS Cubitt was a of the British Royal Navy that served during World War II. The ship was laid down as a at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts on 9 June 1943, with the hull number DE-83, and launched on 11 September 1943. The ship was transferred to the UK under Lend-Lease...
  
  
• (DE-84) Curzon
  HMS Curzon (K513)
  HMS Curzon was a of the British Royal Navy that served during World War II. The ship was laid down as a at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts on 23 June 1943, with the hull number DE-84, and launched on 18 September 1943...
  
  
• (DE-85) Dakins
• (DE-86) Deane
  HMS Deane (K551)
  HMS Deane was a Captain class frigate of the Buckley class of destroyer escort, originally commissioned to be built for the U.S. Navy. Before she was finished in 1943, she was transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, and saw service during World War II.She was built by...
  
  
• (DE-87) Ekins
• (DE-88) Fitzroy
• (DE-89) Redmill
• (DE-90) Retalick
• (DE-91) Halstead
• (DE-92) Riou
• (DE-93) Rutherford
• (DE-94) Cosby
  HMS Cosby (K559)
  HMS Cosby was a Buckley class Captain class frigate during World War II, it was named after Captain Phillips Cosby of during the American Revolutionary War....
  
  
• (DE-95) Rowley
• (DE-96) Rupert
• (DE-97) Stockham
• (DE-98) Seymour
• (DE-99) Cannon
  USS Cannon (DE-99)
  USS Cannon was a destroyer escort launched on 25 May 1943 by the Dravo Corporation in Wilmington, Delaware and was sponsored by Mrs. E. H. Cannon. Cannon was commissioned on 26 September 1943, with Lieutenant Commander G. Morris in command, and reported to the United States Atlantic Fleet. The...
  
  
• (DE-100) Christopher
  USS Christopher (DE-100)
  USS Christopher was a Cannon class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-101) Alger
  USS Alger (DE-101)
  USS Alger was a Cannon class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-102) Thomas
  USS Thomas (DE-102)
  USS Thomas was the second United States Navy ship to be named after Clarence Crase Thomas.The second USS Thomas was a Cannon class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II...
  
  
• (DE-103) Bostwick
  USS Bostwick (DE-103)
  USS Bostwick was a Cannon class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-104) Breeman
  USS Breeman (DE-104)
  USS Breeman was a Cannon class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. The ship was named for George Breeman, a Navy seaman who was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism during a turret explosion on USS Kearsarge ....
  
  
• (DE-105) Burrows
  USS Burrows (DE-105)
  USS Burrows was a built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-106) Corbesier
• (DE-107) Cronin
• (DE-108) Crosley
• (DE-109) Marocain
• (DE-110) Hova
• (DE-111) Somali
• (DE-112) Carter
  USS Carter (DE-112)
  USS Carter was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. At war's end, she returned Stateside with one battle star.She was launched on 29 February 1944 by...
  
  
• (DE-113) Clarence L. Evans
  USS Clarence L. Evans (DE-113)
  USS Clarence L. Evans was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• DE-114 to DE-128 never laid down
• (DE-129) Edsall
  USS Edsall (DE-129)
  USS Edsall was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Seaman Norman Edsall ....
  
  
• (DE-130) Jacob Jones
  USS Jacob Jones (DE-130)
  USS Jacob Jones was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-131) Hammann
  USS Hammann (DE-131)
  USS Hammann was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-132) Robert E. Peary
  USS Robert E. Peary (DE-132)
  USS Robert E. Peary was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-133) Pillsbury
  USS Pillsbury (DE-133)
  USS Pillsbury was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She returned at war's end with five battle stars and a...
  
  
• (DE-134) Pope
  USS Pope (DE-134)
  USS Pope was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-135) Flaherty
  USS Flaherty (DE-135)
  USS Flaherty was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-136) Frederick C. Davis
  USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)
  The USS Frederick C. Davis was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Ensign Frederick Curtice Davis , she was the first U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.Frederick C...
  
  
• (DE-137) Herbert C. Jones
  USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137)
  USS Herbert C. Jones was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-138) Douglas L. Howard
  USS Douglas L. Howard (DE-138)
  USS Douglas L. Howard was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-139) Farquhar
  USS Farquhar (DE-139)
  USS Farquhar was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-140) J. R. Y. Blakely
• (DE-141) Hill
  USS Hill (DE-141)
  USS Hill was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-142) Fessenden
  USS Fessenden (DE-142)
  USS Fessenden was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Reginald Aubrey...
  
  
• (DE-143) Fiske
  USS Fiske (DE-143)
  The USS Fiske was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Rear Admiral Bradley Allen Fiske, she was the first of two U.S. Naval vessels to bear the name....
  
  
• (DE-144) Frost
  USS Frost (DE-144)
  USS Frost was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-145) Huse
  USS Huse (DE-145)
  The USS Huse was named by the U.S. Navy in honor of Admiral Harry McLaren Pinckney Huse, who died in 1942.Huse was launched by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas, 23 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. L. M. Humrichouse, daughter of Vice Admiral Huse; and commissioned 30 August 1943, Lt. Comdr. W. A...
  
  
• (DE-146) Inch
  USS Inch (DE-146)
  USS Inch was named after Rear Admiral Richard Inch, who served with distinction during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War....
  
  
• (DE-147) Blair
  USS Blair (DE-147)
  USS Blair was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-148) Brough
  USS Brough (DE-148)
  USS Brough was an Edsall class destroyer escort, the first United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Lieutenant Junior Grade David Atkins Brough , a Naval Aviator who was awarded the Air Medal posthumously for his actions during the battles of Kiska and Attu.-Construction and...
  
  
• (DE-149) Chatelain
  USS Chatelain (DE-149)
  USS Chatelain was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, providing destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-150) Neunzer
  USS Neunzer (DE-150)
  USS Neunzer was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-151) Poole
  USS Poole (DE-151)
  USS Poole was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-152) Peterson
  USS Peterson (DE-152)
  USS Peterson was an Edsall class destroyer escort, the first United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Chief Water Tender Oscar V...
  
  
• (DE-153) Reuben James
  USS Reuben James (DE-153)
  USS Reuben James was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was the second ship named for Reuben James, a Boatswain's Mate who distinguished himself fighting the Barbary pirates....
  
  
• (DE-154) Sims
  USS Sims (DE-154)
  USS Sims , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Admiral William Sowden Sims , who pushed for modernization of the navy. She is the second ship in the United States Navy to be named ....
  
  
• (DE-155) Hopping
  USS Hopping (DE-155)
  USS Hopping , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Hallsted L. Hopping, killed in a raid on Roi Island on 1 February 1942, the first aircraft squadron commander to lose his life in World War II....
  
  
• (DE-156) Reeves
  USS Reeves (DE-156)
  USS Reeves was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Warrant Officer Thomas J. Reeves , who was killed in action, while serving aboard the battleship during the attack on Pearl Harbor...
  
  
• (DE-157) Fechteler
  USS Fechteler (DE-157)
  USS Fechteler , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Augustus Fechteler, a Rear Admiral serving in the United States Navy during World War I....
  
  
• (DE-158) Chase
  USS Chase (DE-158)
  USS Chase , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Admiral Jehu V. Chase .Chase was launched 24 April 1943 by Norfolk Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. J. V. Chase ; and commissioned 18 July 1943, Lieutenant Commander V. B...
  
  
• (DE-159) Laning
  USS Laning (DE-159)
  USS Laning was a in the United States Navy during World War II where she served in the North Atlantic Ocean, protecting Allied ships from German submarines and other threats. She also served in the Pacific Ocean with Underwater Demolition Teams...
  
  
• (DE-160) Loy
  USS Loy (DE-160)
  USS Loy , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Gunner's Mate Third Class Jackson Keith Loy , who was killed in action aboard the off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal on 12 November 1942...
  
  
• (DE-161) Barber
  USS Barber (DE-161)
  USS Barber , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of brother Malcolm, Randolph, and Leroy Barber who were all killed aboard the on 7 December 1941...
  
  
• (DE-162) Levy
  USS Levy (DE-162)
  USS Levy was a , named in honor of Commodore Uriah P. Levy , a notable figure of the nineteenth-century Navy.The ship was laid down on 19 October 1942 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey, launched on 28 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Charles Mathoff, niece of...
  
  
• (DE-163) McConnell
  USS McConnell (DE-163)
  USS McConnell was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-164) Osterhaus
  USS Osterhaus (DE-164)
  USS Osterhaus was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-165) Parks
  USS Parks (DE-165)
  USS Parks was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-166) Baron
  USS Baron (DE-166)
  USS Baron was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-167) Acree
  USS Acree (DE-167)
  USS Acree was a in the United States Navy. She was named for John White Acree, a Lt. serving aboard the . Acree died while leading a damage-control party on 26 October 1942 during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands....
  
  
• (DE-168) Amick
  USS Amick (DE-168)
  USS Amick was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and then the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-169) Atherton
  USS Atherton (DE-169)
  USS Atherton , a , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lt. John McDougal Atherton, who died when the sank near Guadalcanal during World War II....
  
  
• (DE-170) Booth
  USS Booth (DE-170)
  USS Booth was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and then the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-171) Carroll
  USS Carroll (DE-171)
  USS Carroll was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and then the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-172) Cooner
  USS Cooner (DE-172)
  USS Cooner was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and then the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-173) Eldridge
  USS Eldridge (DE-173)
  USS Eldridge , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Commander John Eldridge, Jr., a hero of the invasion of the Solomon Islands. Its keel was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newark, New Jersey. Eldridge was launched on 25 July 1943, sponsored...
  
  
• (DE-174) Marts
  USS Marts (DE-174)
  USS Marts was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-175) Pennewill
  USS Pennewill (DE-175)
  USS Pennewill was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-176) Micka
  USS Micka (DE-176)
  USS Micka was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-177) Reybold
  USS Reybold (DE-177)
  USS Reybold was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-178) Herzog
  USS Herzog (DE-178)
  USS Herzog was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-179) McAnn
  USS McAnn (DE-179)
  USS McAnn was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-180) Trumpeter
  USS Trumpeter (DE-180)
  USS Trumpeter was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-181) Straub
  USS Straub (DE-181)
  USS Straub was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-182) Gustafson
  USS Gustafson (DE-182)
  USS Gustafson was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-183) Samuel S. Miles
  USS Samuel S. Miles (DE-183)
  USS Samuel S. Miles was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-184) Wesson
  USS Wesson (DE-184)
  USS Wesson was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-185) Riddle
  USS Riddle (DE-185)
  USS Riddle was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-186) Swearer
  USS Swearer (DE-186)
  USS Swearer was a in the United States Navy during World War II. She was later transferred to the French Navy as Bambara.Swearer was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newark, New Jersey on 12 August 1943, launched on 31 October 1943, and commissioned on 23 November...
  
  
• (DE-187) Stern
  USS Stern (DE-187)
  USS Stern was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She returned home at war's end with a three battle stars.She was named in honor of Charles M...
  
  
• (DE-188) O'Neill
  USS O'Neill (DE-188)
  USS O'Neill was a in the United States Navy. She was named for Ensign William Thomas O'Neill, Jr., killed on 7 December 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, while serving aboard ....
  
  
• (DE-189) Bronstein
  USS Bronstein (DE-189)
  USS Bronstein was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She returned home at war's end with a three battle stars...
  
  
• (DE-190) Baker
  USS Baker (DE-190)
  USS Baker was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-191) Coffman
  USS Coffman (DE-191)
  USS Coffman was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-192) Eisner
  USS Eisner (DE-192)
  USS Eisner was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-193) Garfield Thomas
  USS Garfield Thomas (DE-193)
  USS Garfield Thomas was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-194) Wingfield
  USS Wingfield (DE-194)
  USS Wingfield was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-195) Thornhill
  USS Thornhill (DE-195)
  USS Thornhill was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-196) Rinehart
  USS Rinehart (DE-196)
  USS Rinehart was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-197) Roche
  USS Roche (DE-197)
  USS Roche was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Ensign David John Roche , she was the only U.S...
  
  
• (DE-198) Lovelace
  USS Lovelace (DE-198)
  USS Lovelace was a in the United States Navy. She was named for naval aviator Donald Alexander Lovelace .Lovelace was laid down on 22 May 1943; launched on 4 July 1943 by Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia; sponsored by Mrs. Donald A. Lovelace, widow; and commissioned on 7 November 1943,...
  
  
• (DE-199) Manning
  USS Manning (DE-199)
  USS Manning , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ordnanceman Milburn A. Manning , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941....
  
  
• (DE-200) Neuendorf
  USS Neuendorf (DE-200)
  USS Neuendorf , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Seaman First Class William Frederick Neuendorf , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941....
  
  
• (DE-201) James E. Craig
  USS James E. Craig (DE-201)
  USS James E. Craig , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander James Edwin Craig , who was killed in action aboard the during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941....
  
  
• (DE-202) Eichenberger
  USS Eichenberger (DE-202)
  USS Eichenberger , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Charles Emil Eichenberger Jr. , who was killed in aerial combat on 12 September 1942 during the attack on the Solomon Islands...
  
  
• (DE-203) Thomason
  USS Thomason (DE-203)
  USS Thomason was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of Marine Raider Sergeant Clyde A...
  
  
• (DE-204) Jordan
  USS Jordan (DE-204)
  USS Jordan , a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Julian Bethune Jordan , who was killed in action aboard the during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941....
  
  
• (DE-205) Newman
  USS Newman (DE-205)
  USS Newman , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Laxton Gail Newman , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart for his actions.Newman was laid down by the Charleston Navy Yard on 8 June 1943;...
  
  
• (DE-206) Liddle
  USS Liddle (DE-206)
  USS Liddle , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Pharmacist's Mate Third Class William P. Liddle , who was killed in action, while serving with the 1st Marine Division, during the Battle of Guadalcanal on 19 August 1942...
  
  
• (DE-207) Kephart
  USS Kephart (DE-207)
  USS Kephart was a in the United States Navy. She was named in honor of naval aviator Lieutenant William P. Kephart .-Launch and initial operations:...
  
  
• (DE-208) Cofer
  USS Cofer (DE-208)
  USS Cofer , a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of John JosephCofer , who was killed in action on 13 November 1942 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, while serving aboard the destroyer .Cofer was launched on 6 September 1943 by Charleston Navy Yard,...
  
  
• (DE-209) Lloyd
  USS Lloyd (DE-209)
  USS Lloyd , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign William R. Lloyd , who was killed in action while serving aboard the on 6 May 1942 during the Battle of Corregidor....
  
  
• (DE-210) Otter
  USS Otter (DE-210)
  USS Otter , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Bethel V. Otter , who was killed in action on Corregidor on 6 May 1942....
  
  
• (DE-211) Hubbard
  USS Hubbard (DE-211)
  USS Hubbard , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Commander Joseph C. Hubbard USS Hubbard (DE-211/APD-53), a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Commander Joseph C. Hubbard USS Hubbard (DE-211/APD-53), a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Commander...
  
  
• (DE-212) Hayter
  USS Hayter (DE-212)
  USS Hayter , a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Hubert M. Hayter , who was killed in action, while serving aboard the cruiser during the Battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942...
  
  
• (DE-213) William T. Powell
  USS William T. Powell (DE-213)
  USS William T. Powell , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Gunner's Mate William T. Powell , who was killed in action, aboard the heavy cruiser off Guadalcanal on 12 November 1942....
  
  
• (DE-214) Scott
  USS Scott (DE-214)
  USS Scott , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Machinist's Mate First Class Robert R. Scott USS Scott (DE-214), a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Machinist's Mate First Class Robert R. Scott USS Scott (DE-214), a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of...
  
  
• (DE-215) Burke
  USS Burke (DE-215)
  USS Burke , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander John E. Burke , who was killed in action, aboard the battleship during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 15 November 1942....
  
  
• (DE-216) Enright
  USS Enright (DE-216)
  USS Enright , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Robert Paul Francis Enright , who was killed in action while serving aboard the destroyer during the Battle of Midway on 6 June 1942.- Career :...
  
  
• (DE-217) Coolbaugh
  USS Coolbaugh (DE-217)
  USS Coolbaugh , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Walter W. Coolbaugh , who was killed in an aircraft accident on 19 December 1942. He was a recipient of the Navy Cross....
  
  
• (DE-218) Darby
  USS Darby (DE-218)
  USS Darby , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Marshall E. Darby , who was killed in action, while serving aboard the battleship , during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941....
  
  
• (DE-219) J. Douglas Blackwood
  USS J. Douglas Blackwood (DE-219)
  USS J. Douglas Blackwood , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Commander J. Douglas Blackwood , who was killed in action, aboard the cruiser , during the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942....
  
  
• (DE-220) Francis M. Robinson
  USS Francis M. Robinson (DE-220)
  USS Francis M. Robinson , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Commander Francis M. Robinson , who was a recipient of the Navy Cross....
  
  
• (DE-221) Solar
  USS Solar (DE-221)
  USS Solar , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Boatswain's Mate First Class Adolfo Solar , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941....
  
  
• (DE-222) Fowler
  USS Fowler (DE-222)
  USS Fowler , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Robert L. Fowler , who was killed in action, while serving aboard the destroyer during the Battle of Cape Esperance on the night of 11-12 October 1942...
  
  
• (DE-223) Spangenberg
  USS Spangenberg (DE-223)
  USS Spangenberg , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Gunner's Mate Kenneth J. Spangenberg , who died as a result of wounds suffered during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, while serving aboard the heavy cruiser...
  
  
• (DE-224) Rudderow
  USS Rudderow (DE-224)
  USS Rudderow was a United States Navy destroyer escort named after Thomas Wright Rudderow. Lead ship of her class, she was laid down on 15 July 1943 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, launched on 14 October 1943 and commissioned on 15 May 1944, Lieutenant-Commander Malcolm W...
  
  
• (DE-225) Day
  USS Day (DE-225)
  USS Day was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War IIDay was launched 14 October 1943 by Philadelphia Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss G. Day, sister of Chief Water Tender Day; and commissioned 10 June 1944, Commander K. E...
  
  
• (DE-226) Crosley
  USS Crosley (APD-87)
  USS Crosley was a that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down as Crosley on 16 October 1943 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and launched on 12 February 1944. She was converted to a before her construction was complete, and commissioned on 22 October 1944...
  
  
• (DE-227) Cread
  USS Cread (APD-88)
  USS Cread was a that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down as Cread on 16 October 1943 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and launched on 12 February 1944. She was converted to a before her construction was complete, and commissioned on 29 July 1945...
  
  
• (DE-228) Ruchamkin
  USS Ruchamkin (APD-89)
  USS Ruchamkin , ex-DE-228, later LPR-89, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946, from 1951 to 1957, and from 1961 to 1969.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-229) Kirwin
  USS Kirwin (APD-90)
  USS Kirwin , ex-DE-229, later LPR-90, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946 and from 1965 to 1969.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-230) Chaffee
  USS Chaffee (DE-230)
  USS Chaffee was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War IIChaffee was launched 27 November 1943 by Charleston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. L. C. Chaffee; and commissioned 9 May 1944, Lieutenant Commander A. C...
  
  
• (DE-231) Hodges
  USS Hodges (DE-231)
  USS Hodges was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War IIHodges was launched 9 December 1943 by the Charleston Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss Dorothy Jane Hodges, sister of Ensign Hodges; and commissioned 27 May 1944, Lt. Comdr. Victor B...
  
  
• (DE-232) Kinzer
• (DE-233) Register
  USS Register (APD-92)
  USS Register , ex-DE-233, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-234) Brock
  USS Brock (APD-93)
  USS Brock , ex-DE-234, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1947.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-235) John Q. Roberts
  USS John Q. Roberts (APD-94)
  USS John Q. Roberts , ex-DE-235, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-236) William M. Hobby
  USS William M. Hobby (APD-95)
  USS William M. Hobby , ex-DE-236, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-237) Ray K. Edwards
  USS Ray K. Edwards (APD-96)
  USS Ray K. Edwards , ex-DE-237, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-238) Stewart
  USS Stewart (DE-238)
  USS Stewart is an Edsall class destroyer escort, the third United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Rear Admiral Charles Stewart , who commanded USS Constitution during the War of 1812. The Stewart is one of only two preserved U.S...
  
  
• (DE-239) Sturtevant
  USS Sturtevant (DE-239)
  USS Sturtevant was an Edsall class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Albert D...
  
  
• (DE-240) Moore
  USS Moore (DE-240)
  USS Moore was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-241) Keith
  USS Keith (DE-241)
  USS Keith was an of the United States Navy named in honor of Ellis Judson Keith, Jr., who was killed in action on 11 June 1942, Seaman Keith was posthumously awarded the Air Medal....
  
  
• (DE-242) Tomich
  USS Tomich (DE-242)
  USS Tomich was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-243) J. Richard Ward
  USS J. Richard Ward (DE-243)
  USS J. Richard Ward was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of James Richard...
  
  
• (DE-244) Otterstetter
  USS Otterstetter (DE-244)
  USS Otterstetter was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Seaman Second Class...
  
  
• (DE-245) Sloat
  USS Sloat (DE-245)
  USS Sloat was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-246) Snowden
  USS Snowden (DE-246)
  USS Snowden was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Admiral Thomas Snowden ...
  
  
• (DE-247) Stanton
  USS Stanton (DE-247)
  USS Stanton was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-248) Swasey
  USS Swasey (DE-248)
  USS Swasey was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-249) Marchand
  USS Marchand (DE-249)
  USS Marchand was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-250) Hurst
  USS Hurst (DE-250)
  The second USS Hurst was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down in January 1943 and launched in August the same year by the widow of namesake Edwin William Hurst, who had been awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses earlier in the war...
  
  
• (DE-251) Camp
  USS Camp (DE-251)
  USS Camp was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-252) Howard D. Crow
  USS Howard D. Crow (DE-252)
  USS Howard D. Crow was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Howard Daniel...
  
  
• (DE-253) Pettit
  USS Pettit (DE-253)
  USS Pettit was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-254) Ricketts
  USS Ricketts (DE-254)
  USS Ricketts was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-255) Sellstrom
  USS Sellstrom (DE-255)
  USS Sellstrom was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-256) Seid
  USS Seid (DE-256)
  USS Seid was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-257) Smartt
  USS Smartt (DE-257)
  USS Smartt was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into dangerous North Atlantic Ocean waters to protect convoys and other ships from German submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-258) Walter S. Brown
• (DE-259) William C. Miller
  USS William C. Miller (DE-259)
  USS William C. Miller was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-260) Cabana
  USS Cabana (DE-260)
  USS Cabana was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. The namesake of this ship, Napoleon Joseph Cabana, was born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts on 26 March 1911, Cabana enlisted in the Navy on 17 March 1930 and was appointed machinist on 2 February 1941...
  
  
• (DE-261) Dionne
  USS Dionne (DE-261)
  USS Dionne was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-262) Canfield
  USS Canfield (DE-262)
  USS Canfield was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-263) Deede
  USS Deede (DE-263)
  USS Deede was an in the United States Navy. The ship was named after LeRoy Clifford Deede, LTJG, USNR.Deede was launched 6 April 1943 by Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. M. B. Deede, mother of Lieutenant Deede; and commissioned 29 July 1943, Lieutenant Commander J. W...
  
  
• (DE-264) Elden
  USS Elden (DE-264)
  USS Elden was an in the service of the United States Navy, named after Ralph Waldo Elden, executive officer of , who was killed during the battle of Midway, 6 June 1942....
  
  
• (DE-265) Cloues
  USS Cloues (DE-265)
  USS Cloues was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-266) Wintle
  HMS Capel (K470)
  HMS Capel was a , built in the United States as a , and transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, which served in World War II....
  
  
• (DE-267) Dempsey
• (DE-268) Duffy
  HMS Dacres (K472)
  HMS Dacres was a , built in the United States as a , and transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, which served in World War II....
  
  
• (DE-269) Eisner
• (DE-270) Gilette
• (DE-271) Fleming
• (DE-272) Lovering
• (DE-273) Sander
• (DE-274) O'Tool
• (DE-275) Reybold
• (DE-276) George
  HMS Goodson (K480)
  HMS Goodson , originally USS George , was an Evarts class destroyer escort, assigned to the United Kingdom under the lend-lease....
  
  
• (DE-277) Herzog
• (DE-278) Tisdale
• (DE-279) Trumpeter
  HMS Kempthorne (K483)
  HMS Kempthorne was a Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy and named after Captain John Kempthorne of HMS Mary Rose in 1669.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-280) Kingsmill
• (DE-281) Arthur L. Bristol
  USS Arthur L. Bristol (APD-97)
  USS Arthur L. Bristol , ex-DE-281, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:Arthur L. Bristol was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Arthur L...
  
  
• (DE-282) Truxtun
  USS Truxtun (APD-98)
  The fourth USS Truxtun , ex-DE-282, later USS APD-98, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-283) Upham
  USS Upham (APD-99)
  USS Upham , ex-DE-283, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-284) Weekes
• (DE-286) Sutton
• (DE-287) William M. Wood
• (DE-288) William R. Rush
• (DE-289) unnamed
• (DE-290) Williams
• DE-291 to DE-300 cancelled
• (DE-301) Lake
  USS Lake (DE-301)
  USS Lake was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-302) Lyman
  USS Lyman (DE-302)
  USS Lyman was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-303) Crowley
  USS Crowley (DE-303)
  USS Crowley was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-304) Rall
  USS Rall (DE-304)
  USS Rall was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-305) Halloran
  USS Halloran (DE-305)
  USS Halloran was a named by the United States Navy after William Ignatius Halloran, born on 23 July 1915, at Cleveland, Ohio, enlisted in the Naval Reserve as an apprentice seaman on 14 August 1940. Commissioned Ensign on 12 June 1941, he was assigned to Naval Air Station, San Pedro, California,...
  
  
• (DE-306) Connolly
  USS Connolly (DE-306)
  USS Connolly was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-307) Finnegan
  USS Finnegan (DE-307)
  USS Finnegan was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-308) Creamer
• (DE-309) Ely
• (DE-310) Delbert W. Halsey
• (DE-311) Keppler
• (DE-312) Lloyd Thomas
• (DE-313) William C. Lawe
• (DE-314) William Keith
• (DE-315) Unnammed
• (DE-316) Harveson
  USS Harveson (DE-316)
  USS Harveson was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-317) Joyce
  USS Joyce (DE-317)
  USS Joyce was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-318) Kirkpatrick
  USS Kirkpatrick (DE-318)
  USS Kirkpatrick was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war, she was converted to a radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-319) Leopold
  USS Leopold (DE-319)
  The USS Leopold was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Ensign Robert Lawrence Leopold , she was the only U.S...
  
  
• (DE-320) Menges
  USS Menges (DE-320)
  The USS Menges was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Ensign Herbert Hugo Menges , she was the first U.S...
  
  
• (DE-321) Mosley
  USS Mosley (DE-321)
  USS Mosley was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-322) Newell
  USS Newell (DE-322)
  USS Newell was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post war, she served in various capacities before being...
  
  
• (DE-323) Pride
  USS Pride (DE-323)
  USS Pride was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She returned home proudly at war’s end with three...
  
  
• (DE-324) Falgout
  USS Falgout (DE-324)
  USS Falgout was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war, she was borrowed by the U.S...
  
  
• (DE-325) Lowe
  USS Lowe (DE-325)
  USS Lowe was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-326) Gary
• (DE-327) Brister
  USS Brister (DE-327)
  USS Brister was an Edsall-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named for Ensign Robert E. Brister .-Built in Orange, Texas:...
  
  
• (DE-328) Finch
  USS Finch (DE-328)
  USS Finch was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy. She was named in honor of Lieutenant Joseph W. Finch, Jr., USNR.Finch was first launched on 28 August 1943 at Orange, Texas as DE-328...
  
  
• (DE-329) Kretchmer
  USS Kretchmer (DE-329)
  USS Kretchmer was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-330) O'Reilly
  USS O'Reilly (DE-330)
  USS O'Reilly was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. It served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.It was named in honor of Edward Joseph...
  
  
• (DE-331) Koiner
  USS Koiner (DE-331)
  USS Koiner was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war, she was loaned to the U.S...
  
  
• (DE-332) Price
  USS Price (DE-332)
  USS Price was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-333) Strickland
  USS Strickland (DE-333)
  USS Strickland was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war, she served the U.S. Navy in other tasks, including that of a...
  
  
• (DE-334) Forster
  USS Forster (DE-334)
  USS Forster was launched 13 November 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas; sponsored by Mrs. E. W. Forster, widow of Machinist Forster; and commissioned 25 January 1944. She served as an escort in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during World War II...
  
  
• (DE-335) Daniel
  USS Daniel (DE-335)
  USS Daniel was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.Daniel was named after Hugh Spencer Daniel, born 26 December 1923 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve 9 June 1941...
  
  
• (DE-336) Roy O. Hale
  USS Roy O. Hale (DE-336)
  USS Roy O. Hale was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-337) Dale W. Peterson
  USS Dale W. Peterson (DE-337)
  USS Dale W. Peterson was an Edsall class destroyer escort, the first United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Ensign Dale William Peterson , who was awarded the Navy Cross for distinguished service in intercepting enemy bombers attacking his carrier 20 February 1942, and was...
  
  
• (DE-338) Martin H. Ray
  USS Martin H. Ray (DE-338)
  USS Martin H. Ray was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Lieutenant...
  
  
• (DE-339) John C. Butler
  USS John C. Butler (DE-339)
  USS John C. Butler was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escorts in the service of the United States Navy, named after Ensign John C. Butler , who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in the Battle of Midway.John C...
  
  
• (DE-340) O'Flaherty
  USS O'Flaherty (DE-340)
  USS O'Flaherty was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. It was named after Ensign Frank Woodrow O'Flaherty , a pilot with the , who died during the Battle of Midway and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism".O'Flaherty was laid down by...
  
  
• (DE-341) Raymond
  USS Raymond (DE-341)
  USS Raymond was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The purpose of the destroyer escort was primarily to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-342) Richard W. Suesens
  USS Richard W. Suesens (DE-342)
  USS Richard W. Suesens was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. It was named after Lieutenant Richard Wayne Suesens who died during the Battle of Midway and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism".Richard W...
  
  
• (DE-343) Abercrombie
  USS Abercrombie (DE-343)
  USS Abercrombie was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, named after Ensign William Abercrombie....
  
  
• (DE-344) Oberrender
  USS Oberrender (DE-344)
  The USS Oberrender was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Lieutenant Commander Thomas Olin Oberrender, Jr., the engineering officer aboard the light cruiser USS Juneau who was killed when the ship was torpedoed and...
  
  
• (DE-345) Robert Brazier
  USS Robert Brazier (DE-345)
  USS Robert Brazier was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war, she returned home...
  
  
• (DE-346) Edwin A. Howard
  USS Edwin A. Howard (DE-346)
  USS Edwin A. Howard was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war, she returned home...
  
  
• (DE-347) Jesse Rutherford
  USS Jesse Rutherford (DE-347)
  USS Jesse Rutherford was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-348) Key
  USS Key (DE-348)
  USS Key was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-349) Gentry
  USS Gentry (DE-349)
  USS Gentry was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Gentry was named after Wayne Roy...
  
  
• (DE-350) Traw
  USS Traw (DE-350)
  USS Traw was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket....
  
  
• (DE-351) Maurice J. Manuel
  USS Maurice J. Manuel (DE-351)
  USS Maurice J. Manuel was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.She was named after Maurice...
  
  
• (DE-352) Naifeh
  USS Naifeh (DE-352)
  USS Naifeh was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. It was named for Navy Lieutenant Alfred Naifeh who died when the USS Meredith sank during the Solomon Islands campaign of World War II. Lt. Naifeh was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal...
  
  
• (DE-353) Doyle C. Barnes
  USS Doyle C. Barnes (DE-353)
  USS Doyle C. Barnes was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.The ship was named in honor...
  
  
• (DE-354) Kenneth M. Willett
  USS Kenneth M. Willett (DE-354)
  USS Kenneth M. Willett was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket....
  
  
• (DE-355) Jaccard
  USS Jaccard (DE-355)
  USS Jaccard was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-356) Lloyd E. Acree
  USS Lloyd E. Acree (DE-356)
  USS Lloyd E. Acree was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket....
  
  
• (DE-357) George E. Davis
  USS George E. Davis (DE-357)
  USS George E. Davis was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.She was named in honor of Lt...
  
  
• (DE-358) Mack
  USS Mack (DE-358)
  USS Mack was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.She was named in honor of Harold John...
  
  
• (DE-359) Woodson
  USS Woodson (DE-359)
  USS Woodson was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the United States Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Woodson was named in honor...
  
  
• (DE-360) Johnnie Hutchins
  USS Johnnie Hutchins (DE-360)
  USS Johnnie Hutchins was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-361) Walton
  USS Walton (DE-361)
  USS Walton was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. It was named after Merrit Cecil Walton, a Marine Corps platoon sergeant with the U.S...
  
  
• (DE-362) Rolf
  USS Rolf (DE-362)
  USS Rolf was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.USS Rolf was named in honor of Robert...
  
  
• (DE-363) Pratt
  USS Pratt (DE-363)
  USS Pratt was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket....
  
  
• (DE-364) Rombach
  USS Rombach (DE-364)
  USS Rombach was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Rombach was named after Severin Louis...
  
  
• (DE-365) McGinty
  USS McGinty (DE-365)
  The USS McGinty was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort. She was named for Sonarman Third Class Franklin Alexander McGinty, who was killed aboard the gunboat on 5 August 1943...
  
  
• (DE-366) Alvin C. Cockrell
  USS Alvin C. Cockrell (DE-366)
  USS Alvin C. Cockrell was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. Decommissioned several times, in addition to serving in the World War, she also served during the Berlin Crisis of 1961....
  
  
• (DE-367) French
  USS French (DE-367)
  USS French was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.USS French was named in honor of...
  
  
• (DE-368) Cecil J. Doyle
  USS Cecil J. Doyle (DE-368)
  USS Cecil J. Doyle was a United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort. She was named for USMC aviator Lt. Cecil J. Doyle, posthumous recipient of the Navy Cross for heroism during 18 to 25 October 1942 in the Solomon Islands campaign.Cecil J. Doyle was launched on 1 July 1944 at...
  
  
• (DE-369) Thaddeus Parker
  USS Thaddeus Parker (DE-369)
  USS Thaddeus Parker was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-370) John L. Williamson
  USS John L. Williamson (DE-370)
  USS John L. Williamson was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.She was named in honor of...
  
  
• (DE-371) Presley
  USS Presley (DE-371)
  USS Presley was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.She was named in honor of Aviation...
  
  
• (DE-372) Williams
  USS Williams (DE-372)
  USS Williams was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket....
  
  
• (DE-373) William C. Lawe
• (DE-374) Lloyd Thomas
• (DE-375) Keppler
• (DE-376) Kleinsmith
  USS Kleinsmith (DE-376)
  The first USS Kleinsmith would have been a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship named for Chief Watertender Charles Kleinsmith , who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism during the Battle of Midway.The name Kleinsmith was assigned...
  
  
• (DE-377) Henry W. Tucker
• (DE-378) Weiss
  USS Weiss (DE-378)
  The first USS Weiss , was John C. Butler-class destroyer escort proposed for construction during World War II but never completed....
  
  
• (DE-379) Francovich
• DE-380 and DE-381 cancelled unnamed
• (DE-382) Ramsden
  USS Ramsden (DE-382)
  USS Ramsden was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war, she performed other tasks with the...
  
  
• (DE-383) Mills
  USS Mills (DE-383)
  USS Mills was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-384) Rhodes
  USS Rhodes (DE-384)
  USS Rhodes was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-385) Richey
  USS Richey (DE-385)
  USS Richey was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of ensign Joseph Lee...
  
  
• (DE-386) Savage
  USS Savage (DE-386)
  USS Savage was an Edsall-class destroyer escort ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.She was laid down 30 April 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched 15 July 1943; and commissioned on 29 October 1943 manned by a Coast Guard crew under the command of...
  
  
• (DE-387) Vance
  USS Vance (DE-387)
  USS Vance was an Edsall class destroyer escort, named after Joseph Williams Vance, Jr.-History:Vance was laid down on 30 April 1943 at Houston, Tex., by the Brown Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 16 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph W. Vance, mother of the late Lt. Vance; and commissioned on 1...
  
  
• (DE-388) Lansing
  USS Lansing (DE-388)
  USS Lansing , an Edsall-class destroyer escort, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Aviation Machinist Mate First Class William Henry Lansing. Her keel was laid down on 15 May 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding of Houston, Texas. She was launched on 2 August 1943 sponsored by Mrs....
  
  
• (DE-389) Durant
• (DE-390) Calcaterra
  USS Calcaterra (DE-390)
  USS Calcaterra was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war she was called up again for duty, this time as a radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-391) Chambers
  USS Chambers (DE-391)
  USS Chambers was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war she continued an active life, serving with the U.S...
  
  
• (DE-392) Merrill
  USS Merrill (DE-392)
  USS Merrill was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Ensign Howard Deel...
  
  
• (DE-393) Haverfield
  USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  USS Haverfield was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Ensign James...
  
  
• (DE-394) Swenning
  USS Swenning (DE-394)
  USS Swenning was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-395) Willis
  USS Willis (DE-395)
  USS Willis is an , the first United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Ensign Walter Michael Willis . He enlisted in the Naval Reserve as a seaman 2d class at Minneapolis. Willis received an appointment as reserve aviation cadet on 22 December 1939...
  
  
• (DE-396) Janssen
  USS Janssen (DE-396)
  USS Janssen was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Lieutenant Ralph...
  
  
• (DE-397) Wilhoite
  USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  USS Wilhoite was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-398) Cockrill
  USS Cockrill (DE-398)
  USS Cockrill was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of ensign Dan...
  
  
• (DE-399) Stockdale
  USS Stockdale (DE-399)
  USS Stockdale was an Edsall class destroyer escort, the second United States Navy ship so named.-Operational history:The second Stockdale was laid down by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas on 15 July 1942; launched on 22 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. L.C. Stockdale; and commissioned on 31...
  
  
• (DE-400) Hissem
• (DE-401) Holder
  USS Holder (DE-401)
  USS Holder was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Lieutenant Randolph Mitchell Holder , she was the first of two U.S...
  
  
• (DE-402) Richard S. Bull
  USS Richard S. Bull (DE-402)
  USS Richard S. Bull was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the United States Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.She was named in...
  
  
• (DE-403) Richard M. Rowell
  USS Richard M. Rowell (DE-403)
  USS Richard M. Rowell was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the United States Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-404) Eversole
  USS Eversole (DE-404)
  The USS Eversole was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Lieutenant John Thomas Eversole, , she was the first of two U.S...
  
  
• (DE-405) Dennis
  USS Dennis (DE-405)
  USS Dennis was a World War II John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy. Dennis was named after Radioman Third Class Otis Lee Dennis...
  
  
• (DE-406) Edmonds
  USS Edmonds (DE-406)
  USS Edmonds was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. At the end of World War II, she...
  
  
• (DE-407) Shelton
  USS Shelton (DE-407)
  The USS Shelton was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Ensign James A. Shelton, , she was the first of two U.S...
  
  
• (DE-408) Straus
  USS Straus (DE-408)
  USS Straus was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war, she returned home proudly with three battle stars to her...
  
  
• (DE-409) La Prade
  USS La Prade (DE-409)
  USS La Prade was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket....
  
  
• (DE-410) Jack Miller
  USS Jack Miller (DE-410)
  USS Jack Miller was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-411) Stafford
  USS Stafford (DE-411)
  USS Stafford was a in the United States Navy. She was named after Richard Y. Stafford , a United States Marine Corps Captain who died during the Battle of Guadalcanal....
  
  
• (DE-412) Walter C. Wann
  USS Walter C. Wann (DE-412)
  USS Walter C. Wann was a John C. Butler class destroyer escort built by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas. She was launched on 19 January 1944. The ship was sponsored by Mrs. Anna Wann, the mother of Pharmacist’s Mate Wann, the ship's namesake. She was commissioned on 2 May 1944 with Lt....
  
  
• (DE-413) Samuel B. Roberts
  USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)
  USS Samuel B. Roberts was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy.Samuel B. Roberts was part of the Battle off Samar, an unlikely victory in which relatively light U.S. warships prevented a superior Japanese force from attacking the amphibious invasion fleet off the large...
  
  
• (DE-414) Le Ray Wilson
• (DE-415) Lawrence C. Taylor
  USS Lawrence C. Taylor (DE-415)
  USS Lawrence C. Taylor was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-416) Melvin R. Nawman
  USS Melvin R. Nawman (DE-416)
  USS Melvin R. Nawman was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-417) Oliver Mitchell
  USS Oliver Mitchell (DE-417)
  USS Oliver Mitchell was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-418) Tabberer
  USS Tabberer (DE-418)
  The USS Tabberer was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-419) Robert F. Keller
  USS Robert F. Keller (DE-419)
  USS Robert F. Keller was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Robert F...
  
  
• (DE-420) Leland E. Thomas
  USS Leland E. Thomas (DE-420)
  USS Leland E. Thomas was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-421) Chester T. O'Brien
• (DE-422) Douglas A. Munro
  USS Douglas A. Munro (DE-422)
  USS Douglas A. Munro was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Douglas A...
  
  
• (DE-423) Dufilho
  USS Dufilho (DE-423)
  USS Dufilho , a , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Marion William Dufilho. She was laid down 31 January 1944 by Brown Shipbuilding of Houston, Texas, launched 9 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. M. W. Dufilho, widow of Lieutenant Dufilho, and commissioned 21 July 1944,...
  
  
• (DE-424) Haas
  USS Haas (DE-424)
  USS Haas was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Haas was named in honor of John William...
  
  
• DE-425 to DE-437 never laid down
• (DE-438) Corbesier
  USS Corbesier (DE-438)
  USS Corbesier was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Corbesier was named in honor of...
  
  
• (DE-439) Conklin
  USS Conklin (DE-439)
  USS Conklin was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-440) McCoy Reynolds
  USS McCoy Reynolds (DE-440)
  USS McCoy Reynolds was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-441) William Seiverling
  USS William Seiverling (DE-441)
  USS William Seiverling was a acquired by the United States Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-442) Ulvert M. Moore
  USS Ulvert M. Moore (DE-442)
  USS Ulvert M. Moore was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-443) Kendall C. Campbell
  USS Kendall C. Campbell (DE-443)
  USS Kendall C. Campbell was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war she proudly returned home with four battle stars to...
  
  
• (DE-444) Goss
  USS Goss (DE-444)
  USS Goss was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-445) Grady
  USS Grady (DE-445)
  USS Grady was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-446) Charles E. Brannon
  USS Charles E. Brannon (DE-446)
  USS Charles E. Brannon was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war she proudly...
  
  
• (DE-447) Albert T. Harris
  USS Albert T. Harris (DE-447)
  USS Albert T. Harris was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war she proudly returned home with two battle stars to her...
  
  
• (DE-448) Cross
  USS Cross (DE-448)
  USS Cross was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-449) Hanna
  USS Hanna (DE-449)
  USS Hanna was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-450) Joseph E. Connolly
  USS Joseph E. Connolly (DE-450)
  USS Joseph E. Connolly was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war she proudly...
  
  
• (DE-451) Woodrow R. Thompson
• (DE-452) Steinaker
• DE-453 to DE-507 cancelled unnamed
• (DE-508) Gilligan
  USS Gilligan (DE-508)
  USS Gilligan was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-509) Formoe
  USS Formoe (DE-509)
  USS Formoe was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• (DE-510) Heyliger
  USS Heyliger (DE-510)
  USS Heyliger was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Heyliger was named in honor of...
  
  
• DE-511 to DE-515 never laid down
• (DE-516) Lawford
  HMS Lawford (K514)
  HMS Lawford was a Royal Navy converted Captain class frigate , built in the US in 1944. She was converted into an HQ ship for the Normandy landings. On 8 June 1944, whilst operating off Juno Beach, she was hit by enemy fire during an air attack and sunk. Thirty-seven of her crew died...
  
  
• (DE-517) Louis
• (DE-518) Lawson
• (DE-519) Pasley/Lindsay
• (DE-520) Loring
• (DE-521) Hoste
• (DE-522) Moorsom
• (DE-523) Manners
• (DE-524) Mounsey
• (DE-525) Inglis
  HMS Inglis (K570)
  HMS Inglis was a in the Royal Navy. Built as USS Inglis , an , at the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, for the United States Navy, she was launched 2 November 1943; accepted and transferred to Great Britain under Lend-Lease 12 January 1944.This, and other Evarts-class destroyer escorts,...
  
  
• (DE-526) Inman
• (DE-527) O'Toole
  USS O'Toole (DE-527)
  USS O'Toole was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into dangerous North Atlantic Ocean waters to protect convoys and other ships from German submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-528) John J. Powers
  USS John J. Powers (DE-528)
  USS John J. Powers was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into dangerous North Atlantic Ocean waters to protect convoys and other ships from German submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-529) Mason
  USS Mason (DE-529)
  USS Mason , an Evarts-class destroyer escort, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named Mason, though DE-529 was the only one specifically named for Ensign Newton Henry Mason. The USS Mason was one of two US Navy ships with largely African-American crews in World War II. The other...
  
  
• (DE-530) John M. Bermingham
  USS John M. Bermingham (DE-530)
  USS John M. Bermingham was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into dangerous North Atlantic Ocean waters to protect convoys and other ships from German submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• (DE-531) Edward H. Allen
  USS Edward H. Allen (DE-531)
  USS Edward H. Allen was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Edward H...
  
  
• (DE-532) Tweedy
  USS Tweedy (DE-532)
  USS Tweedy was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Tweedy was named in honor of Albert...
  
  
• (DE-533) Howard F. Clark
  USS Howard F. Clark (DE-533)
  USS Howard F. Clark was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Howard F...
  
  
• (DE-534) Silverstein
  USS Silverstein (DE-534)
  USS Silverstein was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket....
  
  
• (DE-535) Lewis
  USS Lewis (DE-535)
  USS Lewis was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket....
  
  
• (DE-536) Bivin
  USS Bivin (DE-536)
  USS Bivin was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Bivin was named after Vernard Eugene...
  
  
• (DE-537) Rizzi
  USS Rizzi (DE-537)
  USS Rizzi was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Rizzi was named in honor of Rosalio...
  
  
• (DE-538) Osberg
  USS Osberg (DE-538)
  USS Osberg was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.- Reactivated during Korean War...
  
  
• (DE-539) Wagner
  USS Wagner (DE-539)
  USS Wagner was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Wagner was laid down on 8 November...
  
  
• (DE-540) Vandivier
• (DE-541) Sheehan
• (DE-542) Oswald A. Powers
• (DE-543) Groves
• (DE-544) Alfred Wolf
• (DE-545) Harold J. Ellison
• (DE-546) Myles C. Fox
• (DE-547) Charles R. Ware
• (DE-548) Carpellotti
  USS Carpellotti (DE-548)
  USS Carpellotti was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed.Plans called for Carpellotti to be built at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts...
  
  
• (DE-549) Eugene A. Greene
• (DE-550) Gyatt
• (DE-551) Benner
• (DE-552) Kenneth D. Bailey
• (DE-553) Dennis J. Buckley
• (DE-554) Everett F. Larson
• (DE-555) Rogers Blood
• (DE-556) William R. Rush
• (DE-557) William M. Wood
• DE-558 to DE-562 never laid down
• (DE-563) Spragge
• (DE-564) Stayner
• (DE-565) Thornborough
• (DE-566) Trollope
• (DE-567) Tyler
• (DE-568) Torrington
• (DE-569) Torrington
• (DE-570) Narborough
• (DE-571) Whitaker
• (DE-572) Holmes
• (DE-573) Hargood
• (DE-574) Hotham
• (DE-575) Ahrens
  USS Ahrens (DE-575)
  USS Ahrens , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Private Edward H. Ahrens , who was killed during the Battle of Guadalcanal on 8 August 1942. He was posthumously awarded a Navy Cross....
  
  
• (DE-576) Barr
  USS Barr (DE-576)
  USS Barr , originally a , and later a Charles Lawrence-class of the United States Navy named for Pvt. Woodrow Wilson Barr of Keyser, West Virginia....
  
  
• (DE-577) Alexander J. Luke
  USS Alexander J. Luke (DE-577)
  USS Alexander J. Luke , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Sergeant Alexander J. Luke , who was killed in action during the attack on Tulagi on 6 August 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star....
  
  
• (DE-578) Robert I. Paine
  USS Robert I. Paine (DE-578)
  USS Robert I. Paine , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Marine Corps Private Robert I. Paine , who was killed in action during the attack on Tulagi on 7 August 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star....
  
  
• (DE-579) Riley
  USS Riley (DE-579)
  USS Riley was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II. She later transferred to the Republic of China Navy and served as Tai Yuan ....
  
  
• (DE-580) Leslie L.B. Knox
  USS Leslie L.B. Knox (DE-580)
  USS Leslie L. B. Knox was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.Leslie L. B. Knox was laid down 7 November 1943 by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts; launched 8 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Louise Kennedy Knox, widow of...
  
  
• (DE-581) McNulty
  USS McNulty (DE-581)
  USS McNulty was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.McNulty was laid down 17 November 1943 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts; launched 8 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Helen K. McNulty; and commissioned 31 March 1944, Lt....
  
  
• (DE-582) Metivier
  USS Metivier (DE-582)
  USS Metivier was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.Metivier was laid down by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts, 24 November 1943; launched 12 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph Metivier, mother of Coxswain Metivier; and...
  
  
• (DE-583) George A. Johnson
  USS George A. Johnson (DE-583)
  USS George A. Johnson was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II and later served as a Navy Reserve training ship....
  
  
• (DE-584) Charles J. Kimmel
  USS Charles J. Kimmel (DE-584)
  The Charles J. Kimmel was a Rudderow class destroyer escort serving in the US Navy from 1944 through 1947. She served in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of WWII...
  
  
• (DE-585) Daniel A. Joy
  USS Daniel A. Joy (DE-585)
  The Daniel A. Joy was a built by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, in Hingham, Massachusetts It was launched on 15 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. D. A. Joy , and commissioned on 28 April 1944. Lieutenant F. E...
  
  
• (DE-586) Lough
  USS Lough (DE-586)
  USS Lough was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.Lough was laid down 8 December 1943 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts; launched 22 January 1944; sponsored by Miss Rose Anne Lough, sister of Ensign Lough; and commissioned at...
  
  
• (DE-587) Thomas F. Nickel
  USS Thomas F. Nickel (DE-587)
  USS Thomas F. Nickel was a of the United States Navy named in honor of Private Thomas F. Nickel, United States Marine Corps, who was killed in the Pacific War in 1942 and posthumously awarded a Silver Star....
  
  
• (DE-588) Peiffer
  USS Peiffer (DE-588)
  USS Peiffer was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.Peiffer was laid down 21 December 1943 by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Mass.; launched 26 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Frank W. Peiffer, mother of Ensign Peiffer; and commissioned...
  
  
• (DE-589) Tinsman
  USS Tinsman (DE-589)
  USS Tinsman was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.Tinsman was laid down by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts, on 21 December 1943; launched on 26 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. James Corley, sister of Seaman Tinsman; and commissioned...
  
  
• (DE-590) Ringness
• (DE-591) Knudson
  USS Knudson (APD-101)
  USS Knudson , ex-DE-591, later LPR-101, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946 and from 1953 to 1958.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-592) Rednour
  USS Rednour (APD-102)
  USS Rednour , ex-DE-592, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-593) Tollberg
  USS Tollberg (APD-103)
  USS Tollberg , ex-DE-593, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-594) William J. Patterson
• (DE-595) Myers
  USS Myers (APD-105)
  USS Myers , ex-DE-595, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1947.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-596) Walter B. Cobb
  USS Walter B. Cobb (APD-106)
  USS Walter B. Cobb was a Crosley-class high speed transport of the United States Navy, named after Coxswain Walter B. Cobb , who was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his gallant service in the Battle of Savo Island aboard and . Cobb was a Pearl Harbor Survivor on USS West Virginia...
  
  
• (DE-597) Earle B. Hall
  USS Earle B. Hall (APD-107)
  USS Earle B. Hall , ex-DE-597, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946, 1950 to 1957, and 1961 to 1965.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-598) Harry L. Corl
  USS Harry L. Corl (APD-108)
  USS Harry L. Corl , ex-DE-598, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:Harry L. Corl was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Harry L...
  
  
• (DE-599) Belet
  USS Belet (APD-109)
  USS Belet , ex-DE-599, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-600) Julius A. Raven
  USS Julius A. Raven (APD-110)
  USS Julius A. Raven , ex-DE-600, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:Julius A. Raven was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Julius A...
  
  
• (DE-601) Walsh
  USS Walsh (APD-111)
  USS Walsh , ex-DE-601, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-602) Hunter Marshall
  USS Hunter Marshall (APD-112)
  USS Hunter Marshall , ex-DE-602, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-603) Earhart
• (DE-604) Walter S. Gorka
  USS Walter S. Gorka (APD-114)
  USS Walter S. Gorka , ex-DE-604, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1947.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-605) Rogers Blood
  USS Rogers Blood (APD-115)
  USS Rogers Blood , ex-DE-605, was a United States Navy in commission from 1945 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-606) Francovich
  USS Francovich (APD-116)
  USS Francovich , ex-DE-606, was a United States Navy in commission from 1945 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:Originally, Francovich was planned to be the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Francovich , and was laid down as such on 19 April 1945 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham,...
  
  
• DE-607 to DE-632 never laid down
• (DE-633) Foreman
  USS Foreman (DE-633)
  USS Foreman , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Andrew L. Foreman , who was killed in action aboard the heavy cruiser during the Battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942. Ensign Foreman remained at his station to help in saving his ship until asphyxiated by gas generated...
  
  
• (DE-634) Whitehurst
  USS Whitehurst (DE-634)
  USS Whitehurst , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Henry Purefoy Whitehurst, Jr. Ensign Whitehurst was a crew member of the when he was killed while his ship participated in the Battle of Savo Island off Guadalcanal in August 1942.-Initial operations:Whitehurst was laid down on...
  
  
• (DE-635) England
  USS England (DE-635)
  USS England , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign John C. England , who was killed in action aboard the battleship during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941...
  
  
• (DE-636) Witter
  USS Witter (DE-636)
  USS Witter , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Jean C. Witter , who was killed in action aboard the heavy cruiser during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on the night of 12 November to 13 November 1942....
  
  
• (DE-637) Bowers
  USS Bowers (DE-637)
  USS Bowers , a Buckley class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Robert K. Bowers , who was killed in action aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.Bowers was laid down on 28 May 1943 at San Francisco,...
  
  
• (DE-638) Willmarth
  USS Willmarth (DE-638)
  USS Willmarth , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Kenneth Willmarth , who was killed in action when the cruiser was sunk during the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942....
  
  
• (DE-639) Gendreau
  USS Gendreau (DE-639)
  USS Gendreau was a in the United States Navy. She was commissioned on 17 March 1944 and decommissioned on 13 March 1948. She served throughout the Pacific during World War II....
  
  
• (DE-640) Fieberling
  USS Fieberling (DE-640)
  USS Fieberling was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Langdon K. Fieberling , a naval aviator in squadron VT-8, who was killed in action in the Battle of Midway....
  
  
• (DE-641) William C. Cole
  USS William C. Cole (DE-641)
  USS William C. Cole was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Vice Admiral William C. Cole .William C. Cole was laid down on 5 September 1943 at San Francisco, California, by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 29 December 1943; sponsored by Mrs. William C. Cole, the widow of Adm...
  
  
• (DE-642) Paul G. Baker
  USS Paul G. Baker (DE-642)
  USS Paul G. Baker was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Paul G. Baker , a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for heroism during the Battle of the Coral Sea.Paul G...
  
  
• (DE-643) Damon M. Cummings
  USS Damon M. Cummings (DE-643)
  USS Damon M. Cummings was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Damon M. Cummings , who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism on board during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.Damon M...
  
  
• (DE-644) Vammen
  USS Vammen (DE-644)
  USS Vammen was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Ensign Clarence E. Vammen, Jr. , a naval aviator who died in the Battle of Midway....
  
  
• DE-645 to DE-664 never laid down
• (DE-665) Jenks
  USS Jenks (DE-665)
  USS Jenks was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Henry P. Jenks ....
  
  
• (DE-666) Durik
  USS Durik (DE-666)
  USS Durik was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Apprentice Seaman Joseph E. Durik .Durik was launched 9 October 1943 by Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pennsylvania; sponsored by Mrs. M. Durik, mother of Seaman Apprentice Durik; and commissioned 24 March 1944, Commander K. B...
  
  
• (DE-667) Wiseman
  USS Wiseman (DE-667)
  USS Wiseman was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Osborne B. Wiseman , a naval aviator who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism in the Battle of Midway....
  
  
• (DE-668) Yokes
• (DE-669) Pavlic
• (DE-670) Odum
• (DE-671) Jack C. Robinson
• (DE-672) Bassett
• (DE-673) John P. Gray
• (DE-674) Joseph M. Auman
  USS Joseph M. Auman (APD-117)
  USS Joseph M. Auman , ex-DE-674, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:Joseph M. Auman was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Joseph M...
  
  
• (DE-675) Weber
  USS Weber (DE-675)
  USS Weber was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Ensign Frederick T. Weber , a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for heroism during the Battle of Midway....
  
  
• (DE-676) Schmitt
  USS Schmitt (DE-676)
  USS Schmitt was a in the United States Navy, named for Father Aloysius H. Schmitt.Schmitt was laid down on 22 February 1943 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts; launched on 29 May 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Buchheit; and commissioned on 24 July 1943, under the...
  
  
• (DE-677) Frament
• (DE-678) Harmon
  USS Harmon (DE-678)
  The USS Harmon was a of the United States Navy. USS Harmon was named after Mess Attendant Leonard Roy Harmon, who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his actions on the USS San Francisco during the battle of Guadalcanal...
  
  
• (DE-679) Greenwood
  USS Greenwood (DE-679)
  USS Greenwood was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Frank Greenwood ....
  
  
• (DE-680) Loeser
  USS Loeser (DE-680)
  USS Loeser was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Arthur E. Loeser ....
  
  
• (DE-681) Gillette
  USS Gillette (DE-681)
  USS Gillette was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Lieutenant Douglas W. Gillette ....
  
  
• (DE-682) Underhill
  USS Underhill (DE-682)
  USS Underhill , a , was named in honor of Ensign Samuel Underhill, a naval aviator of the United States Navy who was killed in action during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Her keel was laid down on 16 September 1943 by the Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts. She...
  
  
• (DE-683) Henry R. Kenyon
  USS Henry R. Kenyon (DE-683)
  USS Henry R. Kenyon was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy in World War II. The ship was named in honor of Ensign Henry R. Kenyon, Jr. , a naval aviator in squadron VT-8, who was killed in action in the Battle of Midway.Henry R...
  
  
• (DE-684) De Long
• (DE-685) Coates
  USS Coates (DE-685)
  USS Coates was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II and later in the 1950s and 1960s....
  
  
• (DE-686) Eugene E. Elmore
  USS Eugene E. Elmore (DE-686)
  USS Eugene E. Elmore was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.Eugene E. Elmore was launched 23 December 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass.; sponsored by Mrs. Eugene E. Elmore, widow of Lieutenant Commander Elmore; and commissioned 4 February 1944,...
  
  
• (DE-687) Kline
  USS Kline (APD-120)
  USS Kline , ex-DE-687, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1947.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-688) Raymon W. Herndon
  USS Raymon W. Herndon (APD-121)
  USS Raymon W. Herndon , ex-DE-688, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:Raymon W. Herndon was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Raymon W...
  
  
• (DE-689) Scribner
  USS Scribner (APD-122)
  USS Scribner , ex-DE-689, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-690) Diachenko
  USS Diachenko (APD-123)
  USS Diachenko , ex-USS Alex Diachenko, ex-DE-690, later LPR-123, was a in commission from 1944 to 1959 and from 1961 to 1969...
  
  
• (DE-691) Horace A. Bass
  USS Horace A. Bass (APD-124)
  USS Horace A. Bass was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1969.-Construction and commissioning:Originally projected as a Rudderow-class destroyer escort , Horace A...
  
  
• (DE-692) Wantuck
  USS Wantuck (APD-125)
  USS Wantuck was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1957.-Construction and commissioning:Originally projected as a Rudderow-class destroyer escort , Wantuck was selected for completion to a modified design as a high-speed transport , designed for landing and...
  
  
• (DE-693) Bull
  USS Bull (DE-693)
  USS Bull was a , later converted to a Charles Lawrence-class high speed transport. She was the second Navy ship named after Lieutenant Richard Bull , a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.Bull was the first of many destroyer escorts built at Defoe...
  
  
• (DE-694) Bunch
  USS Bunch (DE-694)
  USS Bunch was a of the United States Navy, named after Kenneth Cecil Bunch, killed in action on 6 June 1942 while flying as radioman-gunner in an SBD Dauntless dive bomber during the Battle of Midway....
  
  
• (DE-695) Rich
  USS Rich (DE-695)
  USS Rich was a , the first United States Navy ship named in honor of Lieutenant Ralph M. Rich who was awarded the Navy Cross for his leadership as a fighter pilot off during the Battle of Midway.-Building and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-696) Spangler
  USS Spangler (DE-696)
  USS Spangler was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Donald H. Spangler .Spangler was laid down on 28 April 1943 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan. She was launched on 15 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Myrtle Spangler; and commissioned on 31 October 1943,...
  
  
• (DE-697) George
  USS George (DE-697)
  USS George was a . She was the second ship of the United States Navy named after Seaman Second Class Eugene F. George , who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism on at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal....
  
  
• (DE-698) Raby
  USS Raby (DE-698)
  USS Raby was a for the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral James Joseph Raby .Raby was laid down on 7 June 1943 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan, Rear Admiral Raby's home town. The ship was named Raby on 22 June 1943, and launched on 4 September 1943,...
  
  
• (DE-699) Marsh
  USS Marsh (DE-699)
  USS Marsh was a of the United States Navy, named after Ensign Benjamin R. Marsh, Jr., USNR, who was killed on board the battleship during the attack on Pearl Harbor....
  
  
• (DE-700) Currier
  USS Currier (DE-700)
  USS Currier was a of the United States Navy, named after Lieutenant Roger Noon Currier. Currier was born in Portland, Oregon on 20 April 1913 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy on 3 June 1937...
  
  
• (DE-701) Osmus
  USS Osmus (DE-701)
  USS Osmus was a of the United States Navy, named for Wesley Frank Osmus, a Navy aviator posthumously awarded the Navy Cross after his TBD Devastator from USS was shot down during the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942...
  
  
• (DE-702) Earl V. Johnson
  USS Earl V. Johnson (DE-702)
  USS Earl V. Johnson was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Earl V. Johnson , a naval aviator who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for "extraordinary heroism" during the Battle of the Coral Sea....
  
  
• (DE-703) Holton
  USS Holton (DE-703)
  Holton was named after Ralph Lee Holton, who was born on 19 September 1918, and graduated from the Naval Academy in December 1941. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his valiant rescue work aiding survivors of the stricken aircraft carrier Lexington on 8 May 1942 in the Battle of the Coral Sea...
  
  
• (DE-704) Cronin
  USS Cronin (DE-704)
  USS Cronin was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Chief Gunner Cornelius Cronin , who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his "coolness and close attention to duty" in the Battle of Mobile Bay.Cronin was launched on 5 January 1944 at the Defoe...
  
  
• (DE-705) Frybarger
  USS Frybarger (DE-705)
  USS Frybarger was a of the United States Navy, named for Private First Class Raymond Frybarger, Jr. , who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism during the Battle of Edson's Ridge on Guadalcanal....
  
  
• (DE-706) Holt
  USS Holt (DE-706)
  USS Holt was a of the United States Navy. It was named after William Mack Holt, who was born on 9 September 1917 at Great Falls, Montana. He enlisted in the Navy on 4 October 1940, was appointed an Aviation Cadet on 26 December 1940, he reported to the aircraft carrier as a fighter pilot on 16...
  
  
• (DE-707) Jobb
  USS Jobb (DE-707)
  USS Jobb was a of the United States Navy, named after Richard Patrick Jobb, born in McCormick, Washington, on 17 March 1920. He enlisted in the Navy on 28 February 1942. He was at Guadalcanal for America's first amphibious operation of the Pacific War...
  
  
• (DE-708) Parle
  USS Parle (DE-708)
  USS Parle , a of the United States Navy, was laid down on 8 January 1944 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company, in Bay City, Michigan. She was launched on 25 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Harry V. Parle, mother of Ensign John Joseph Parle, and commissioned in New Orleans on 29 July 1944, with...
  
  
• (DE-709) Bray
  USS Bray (DE-709)
  USS Bray was a of the United States Navy, named after Raymond Leon Bray, who was born in Greenville, Texas on 1 April 1918. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1940, and was killed in action at Gavutu, Solomon Islands, on 7 August 1942...
  
  
• (DE-710) Gosselin
  USS Gosselin (APD-126)
  USS Gosselin was a of the United States Navy, named after Ensign Edward W. Gosselin , who was killed in action on the battleship during the attack on Pearl Harbor....
  
  
• (DE-711) Begor
  USS Begor (APD-127)
  USS Begor was a of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Fay B. Begor , a Navy doctor who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross....
  
  
• (DE-712) Cavallaro
  USS Cavallaro (APD-128)
  USS Cavallaro was a of the United States Navy, named after Ensign Salvatore John Cavallaro , who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his gallant service in the invasion of Sicily....
  
  
• (DE-713) Donald W. Wolf
  USS Donald W. Wolf (APD-129)
  USS Donald W. Wolf was a of the United States Navy, named for Sergeant Donald W. Wolf , USMC, who was posthoumously awarded the Navy Cross after being killed in action in the Battle of Guadalcanal....
  
  
• (DE-714) Cook
  USS Cook (APD-130)
  USS Cook was a of the United States Navy, named after two brothers: Second Lieutenant Andrew F. Cook, Jr. and Sergeant Dallas H. Cook...
  
  
• (DE-715) Walter X. Young
  USS Walter X. Young (APD-131)
  USS Walter X. Young was a ship of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Walter X. Young , an officer of the United States Marine Corps who was killed in action during the Battle of Guadalcanal....
  
  
• (DE-716) Balduck
  USS Balduck (APD-132)
  USS Balduck was a of the United States Navy, named after Marine Corporal Remi A. Balduck , who was killed during the Battle of Guadalcanal. For his actions he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross....
  
  
• (DE-717) Burdo
  USS Burdo (APD-133)
  USS Burdo was a of the United States Navy, named after Private Ronald A. Burdo , a Marine who was killed in action at Gavutu, during the Battle of Guadalcanal....
  
  
• (DE-718) Kleinsmith
  USS Kleinsmith (APD-134)
  USS Kleinsmith , ex-DE-718, was a for the United States Navy. She was named for Chief Watertender Charles Kleinsmith , who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism during the Battle of Midway....
  
  
• (DE-719) Weiss
  USS Weiss (APD-135)
  The second USS Weiss was a , the second ship of the United States Navy to be assigned the name Weiss, after Marine sergeant Carl W...
  
  
• (DE-720) Carpellotti
  USS Carpellotti (APD-136)
  USS Carpellotti was a , the second ship of the United States Navy to be assigned the name Carpellotti, after Marine Private First Class Louis J...
  
  
• (DE-721) Don O. Woods
  USS Don O. Woods (APD-118)
  USS Don O. Woods was a Crosley-class high-speed transport in the United States Navy built by Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her keel was laid 1 December 1944 and then launched on 9 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs. H. R. Woods . Don O...
  
  
• (DE-722) Beverly W. Reid
  USS Beverly W. Reid (APD-119)
  USS Beverly W. Reid , ex-DE-722, later LPR-119, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1947 and from 1967 to 1969.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• (DE-723) Walter X. Young
  USS Walter X. Young (DE-723)
  USS Walter X. Young was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.The name Walter X. Young was approved for DE-723 on 7 February 1944. Plans called for her to be built by the Dravo Corporation at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
  
  
• DE-724 to DE-738 never laid down
• (DE-739) Bangust
  USS Bangust (DE-739)
  USS Bangust was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She returned to the States at war's end with a near-record setting number of...
  
  
• (DE-740) Waterman
  USS Waterman (DE-740)
  USS Waterman was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-741) Weaver
  USS Weaver (DE-741)
  USS Weaver was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-742) Hilbert
  USS Hilbert (DE-742)
  USS Hilbert was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-743) Lamons
  USS Lamons (DE-743)
  USS Lamons was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-744) Kyne
  USS Kyne (DE-744)
  USS Kyne was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-745) Snyder
  USS Snyder (DE-745)
  USS Snyder was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-746) Hemminger
  USS Hemminger (DE-746)
  USS Hemminger was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-747) Bright
  USS Bright (DE-747)
  USS Bright was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-748) Tills
  USS Tills (DE-748)
  USS Tills was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-749) Roberts
  USS Roberts (DE-749)
  USS Roberts was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war, she served as a training ship until finally decommissioned in 1968.She was named in honor of...
  
  
• (DE-750) McClelland
  USS McClelland (DE-750)
  USS McClelland was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-751) Gaynier
  USS Gaynier (DE-751)
  USS Gaynier was a United States Navy proposed during World War II but never completed.DE-751 was laid down by the Western Pipe and Steel Company at San Pedro, California, on 4 August 1943 and named USS Gaynier on 3 September 1943. She was launched on 30 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Ireta...
  
  
• (DE-752) Curtis W. Howard
• (DE-753) John J. Vanburen
• (DE-754) Willard Keith
• (DE-755) Paul G. Baker
• (DE-756) Damon Cummings
• DE-757 to DE-762 cancelled
• (DE-763) Cates
  USS Cates (DE-763)
  USS Cates was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-764) Gandy
  USS Gandy (DE-764)
  USS Gandy was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-765) Earl K. Olsen
  USS Earl K. Olsen (DE-765)
  USS Earl K. Olsen was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• (DE-766) Slater
  USS Slater (DE-766)
  USS Slater is a Cannon-class destroyer escort that served in the United States Navy and later in the Hellenic Navy. The ship was named for Frank O. Slater of Alabama, a sailor killed on the USS San Francisco during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for...
  
  
• (DE-767) Oswald
  USS Oswald (DE-767)
  USS Oswald was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-768) Ebert
  USS Ebert (DE-768)
  USS Ebert was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-769) Neal A. Scott
  USS Neal A. Scott (DE-769)
  USS Neal A. Scott was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-770) Muir
  USS Muir (DE-770)
  USS Muir was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-771) Sutton
  USS Sutton (DE-771)
  USS Sutton was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• (DE-772) Milton Lewis
• (DE-773) George M. Campbell
• (DE-774) Russell M. Cox
• DE-775 to DE-788 never laid down
• (DE-789) Tatum
  USS Tatum (DE-789)
  USS Tatum was a of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Lawrence A. Tatum .Tatum was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corp. on 22 April 1943; launched on 7 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Cecile Cofield Tatum, and commissioned on 22 November 1943, Lt. Comdr. William C. D...
  
  
• (DE-790) Borum
  USS Borum (DE-790)
  USS Borum was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant John R. Borum ....
  
  
• (DE-791) Maloy
  USS Maloy (DE-791)
  USS Maloy , a , was the first and only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Thomas Joel Maloy, who served aboard the during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal...
  
  
• (DE-792) Haines
• (DE-793) Runels
  USS Runels (DE-793)
  USS Runels was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Ensign Donald S. Runels , who was killed when his ship, was torpedoed and sunk during the Battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942.Runels was laid down on 7 June 1943 by the Consolidated Steel Corp.,...
  
  
• (DE-794) Hollis
  USS Hollis (DE-794)
  USS Hollis was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Ensign Ralph Hollis , who was killed on the battleship Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor....
  
  
• (DE-795) Gunason
  USS Gunason (DE-795)
  USS Gunason a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Robert W. Gunason who was killed in action while serving on the USS Astoria, during the Battle of Savo Island....
  
  
• (DE-796) Major
  USS Major (DE-796)
  USS Major was a Buckley-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during the latter part of World War II. She served as an escort vessel, protecting Allied ships, both in the Atlantic Ocean, and later in the Pacific Ocean...
  
  
• (DE-797) Weeden
  USS Weeden (DE-797)
  USS Weeden was a in the United States Navy. She was named for Ensign Carl A. Weeden , who was killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor....
  
  
• (DE-798) Varian
  USS Varian (DE-798)
  USS Varian was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Ensign Bertram S. Varian, Jr. , a naval aviator who was killed in action in the Battle of Midway....
  
  
• (DE-799) Scroggins
  USS Scroggins (DE-799)
  USS Scroggins was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Aviation Radioman Second Class Ted H. Scroggins ....
  
  
• (DE-800) Jack W. Wilke
  USS Jack W. Wilke (DE-800)
  USS Jack W. Wilke was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Ensign Jack W. Wilke , a naval aviator in Torpedo Squadron 8 who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism in the Battle of Midway.Jack W...
  
  
• DE-801 to DE-995 cancelled unnamed
• DE-996 to DE-1005 cancelled unnamed
• (DE-1006) Dealey
  USS Dealey (DE-1006)
  USS Dealey , the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Commander Samuel D. Dealey, who was awarded the Medal of Honor as captain of the famous World War II submarine USS Harder.-History:...
  
  
• DE-1007 to DE-1013 paid for by United States Navy and built in France
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
   to a French design for the Marine Nationale
• (DE-1014) Cromwell
  USS Cromwell (DE-1014)
  USS Cromwell , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Captain John P. Cromwell , who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his sacrificial heroism while commanding ....
  
  
• (DE-1015) Hammerberg
  USS Hammerberg (DE-1015)
  USS Hammerberg , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Navy diver Francis P. Hammerberg , of Flint, Michigan, who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for rescuing two fellow divers from a wreck in Pearl Harbor....
  
  
• DE-1016 to DE-1019 paid for by United States Navy and built in France to a French design for the Marine Nationale
• DE-1020 paid for by the United States Navy and built in Italy
  Italy
  Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
  
   to an Italian design for the Italian Navy
• (DE-1021) Courtney
  USS Courtney (DE-1021)
  The second USS Courtney , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Marine Major Henry A. Courtney, Jr. , who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroism in the Battle of Okinawa....
  
  
• (DE-1022) Lester
  USS Lester (DE-1022)
  USS Lester was a , named after Fred Faulkner Lester, a Navy Medical Corpsman serving with the U.S. Marines during the battle of Okinawa, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his gallantry in rescuing a wounded Marine under fire....
  
  
• (DE-1023) Evans
  USS Evans (DE-1023)
  USS Evans , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to have the name Evans. However it is the only ship to be named for Ernest E. Evans, a naval officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor....
  
  
• (DE-1024) Bridget
  USS Bridget (DE-1024)
  USS Bridget was a in the United States Navy. She was named for Francis Joseph Bridget, a naval aviator who served on the Commander's Staff of Patrol Wing 10 during the Japanese attack on the Philippines on 8 December 1941...
  
  
• (DE-1025) Bauer
  USS Bauer (DE-1025)
  USS Bauer was a in the United States Navy. She was named for Lieutenant Colonel Harold William Bauer, naval aviator and recipient of the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous courage as Commander of Marine Fighting Squadron 212 in the South Pacific between 10 May and 14...
  
  
• (DE-1026) Hooper
  USS Hooper (DE-1026)
  USS Hooper was a in the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Stanford Caldwell Hooper, head of the Navy's Radio Division from 1914-1928, and Director of Naval Communications until 1945....
  
  
• (DE-1027) John Willis
  USS John Willis (DE-1027)
  USS John Willis was a in the United States Navy. She was named for John Harlan Willis, a navy hospital corpsman who at Iwo Jima was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously....
  
  
• (DE-1028) Van Voorhis
  USS Van Voorhis (DE-1028)
  USS Van Voorhis was a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Commander Bruce Van Voorhis , a naval aviator who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for action in the Eastern Caroline Islands....
  
  
• (DE-1029) Hartley
  USS Hartley (DE-1029)
  USS Hartley was a in the United States Navy. DE-1029 is the second ship to bear the name Hartley; she was named for Admiral Henry Hartley, who established the Deep Sea Diving School...
  
  
• (DE-1030) Taussig
  USS Joseph K. Taussig (DE-1030)
  USS Joseph K. Taussig was a in the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral Joseph Taussig. The Joseph K. Taussig was laid down 3 January 1956 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey; launched 9 March 1957; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph K. Taussig, widow of Vice Admiral...
  
  
• DE-1031 paid for by the United States Navy and built in Italy to an Italian design for the Italian Navy
• DE-1032 paid for by the United States Navy and built in Italy to an Italian design for the Portuguese Navy
• (DE-1033) Claud Jones
  USS Claud Jones (DE-1033)
  USS Claud Jones was launched 27 May 1958 by Avondale Marine Ways, Avondale, Louisiana, sponsored by Mrs. M. R. J. Wyllie; and commissioned 10 February 1959, Lieutenant Commander W. M. Cone in command...
  
  
• (DE-1034) John R. Perry
  USS John R. Perry (DE-1034)
  USS John R. Perry was a Claud Jones-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy.John R. Perry was laid down 1 October 1957 by Avondale Marine Ways, Avondale, Louisiana; launched 29 July 1958; sponsored by Mrs. John R. Perry, widow of Rear Admiral Perry; and commissioned 5 May 1959,...
  
  
• (DE-1035) Charles Berry
• (DE-1036) McMorris
• (DE-1037) Bronstein
• (DE-1038) McCloy
• DE-1039 paid for by the United States Navy and built in Italy to an Italian design for the Portuguese Navy
• (DE-1040) Garcia
• (DE-1041) Bradley
• DE-1042 paid for by the United States Navy and built in Italy to an Italian design for the Portuguese Navy
• (DE-1043) Edward McDonnell
• (DE-1044) Brumby
• (DE-1045) Davidson
• DE-1046 paid for by the United States Navy and built in Italy to an Italian design for the Portuguese Navy
• (DE-1047) Voge
  USS Voge (DE-1047)
  The USS Voge , a of the US Navy named after Richard George Voge, was laid down on 21 November 1963 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan. She was launched on 4 February 1965, sponsored by Mrs. Alice Voge Oetting, widow of Rear Admiral Voge; and commissioned at the Boston Naval...
  
  
• (DE-1048) Sample
• (DE-1049) Koelsch
  USS Koelsch (DE-1049)
  USS Koelsch was a Garcia-class destroyer escort, later reclassified as a frigate, in the United States Navy. She was named for Navy helicopter pilot Lt John Kelvin Koelsch, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the Korean War. On 3 July 1951, Koelsch and his crewman attempted to...
  
  
• (DE-1050) Albert David
• (DE-1051) O'Callahan
  USS O'Callahan (DE-1051)
  USS O'Callahan was a U.S. Navy Garcia class destroyer escort, later reclassified as a frigate. She was named for Chaplain Lieutenant Commander Joseph T...
  
  
• (DE-1052) Knox
• (DE-1053) Roark
• (DE-1054) Gray
• (DE-1055) Hepburn
• (DE-1056) Connole
• (DE-1057) Rathburne
• (DE-1058) Meyerkord
• (DE-1059) William S. Sims
• (DE-1060) Lang
• (DE-1061) Patterson
• (DE-1062) Whipple
• (DE-1063) Reasoner
• (DE-1064) Lockwood
• (DE-1065) Stein
• (DE-1066) Marvin Shields
• (DE-1067) Francis Hammond
• (DE-1068) Vreeland
• (DE-1069) Bagley
• (DE-1070) Downes
• (DE-1071) Badger
• (DE-1072) Blakely
• (DE-1073) Robert E. Peary
• (DE-1074) Harold E. Holt
• (DE-1075) Trippe
• (DE-1076) Fanning
• (DE-1077) Ouellett
• (DE-1078) Joseph Hewes
• (DE-1079) Bowen
• (DE-1080) Paul
• (DE-1081) Alwyn
• (DE-1082) Elmer Montgomery
• (DE-1083) Cook
• (DE-1084) McCandless
• (DE-1085) Donald B. Beary
• (DE-1086) Brewton
• (DE-1087) Kirk
• (DE-1088) Barbey
• (DE-1089) Jesse L. Brown
• (DE-1090) Ainsworth
• (DE-1091) Miller
• (DE-1092) Thomas C. Hart
• (DE-1093) Capodanno
• (DE-1094) Pharris
• (DE-1095) Truett
• (DE-1096) Valdez
• (DE-1097) Moinester
• DE-1098 to-1107 Cancelled unnamed prior to being laid down
• (DE-1098) Glover
  USS Glover (FF-1098)
  USS Glover was a originally modified for research use and commissioned as on 3 November 1965, with Commander William W. Wilson in command. Glover was laid down 29 July 1963 by the Bath Iron Works, in Bath, Maine and launched on 17 April 1965 with sponsors Mrs. William S. Pederson, Sr., and Mrs....
  
    (number 1098 being re-used)

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Name	Hull number
Abercrombie USS Abercrombie (DE-343) USS Abercrombie was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, named after Ensign William Abercrombie....	DE-343
Acree USS Acree (DE-167) USS Acree was a in the United States Navy. She was named for John White Acree, a Lt. serving aboard the . Acree died while leading a damage-control party on 26 October 1942 during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands....	DE-167
Ahrens USS Ahrens (DE-575) USS Ahrens , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Private Edward H. Ahrens , who was killed during the Battle of Guadalcanal on 8 August 1942. He was posthumously awarded a Navy Cross....	DE-575
Ainsworth	DE-1090
Albert David	DE-1050
Albert T. Harris USS Albert T. Harris (DE-447) USS Albert T. Harris was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war she proudly returned home with two battle stars to her...	DE-447
Alexander J. Luke USS Alexander J. Luke (DE-577) USS Alexander J. Luke , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Sergeant Alexander J. Luke , who was killed in action during the attack on Tulagi on 6 August 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star....	DE-577
Alfred Wolf USS Alfred Wolf (DE-544) USS Alfred Wolf was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed.The name Alfred Wolf was assigned to the ship on 26 October 1943...	DE-544
Alger USS Alger (DE-101) USS Alger was a Cannon class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...	DE-101

• Alvin C. Cockrell (DE-366)
  USS Alvin C. Cockrell (DE-366)
  USS Alvin C. Cockrell was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. Decommissioned several times, in addition to serving in the World War, she also served during the Berlin Crisis of 1961....
  
  
• Alwyn (DE-1081)
• Amesbury (DE-66)
  USS Amesbury (DE-66)
  USS Amesbury , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Stanton Morgan Amesbury , who was killed in action while flying from the aircraft carrier during Operation Torch in 1942....
  
  
• Amick (DE-168)
  USS Amick (DE-168)
  USS Amick was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and then the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Andres (DE-45)
  USS Andres (DE-45)
  USS Andres was an Evarts-class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. Sent off to the dangerous waters of the North Atlantic Ocean during the Battle of the Atlantic to protect convoys and other ships from Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine U-boats and fighter...
  
  
• Arthur L. Bristol (DE-281)
• Atherton (DE-169)
  USS Atherton (DE-169)
  USS Atherton , a , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lt. John McDougal Atherton, who died when the sank near Guadalcanal during World War II....
  
  
• Austin (DE-15)
  USS Austin (DE-15)
  USS Austin , was an of the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was named for Chief Carpenter John Arnold Austin who was killed in action on board during the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941, and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.The second Austin ...
  
  
• Badger (DE-1071)
• Bagley (DE-1069)
• Baker (DE-190)
  USS Baker (DE-190)
  USS Baker was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Balduck (DE-716)
• Bangust (DE-739)
  USS Bangust (DE-739)
  USS Bangust was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She returned to the States at war's end with a near-record setting number of...
  
  
• Barber (DE-161)
  USS Barber (DE-161)
  USS Barber , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of brother Malcolm, Randolph, and Leroy Barber who were all killed aboard the on 7 December 1941...
  
  
• Barbey (DE-1088)
• Baron (DE-166)
  USS Baron (DE-166)
  USS Baron was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Barr (DE-576)
  USS Barr (DE-576)
  USS Barr , originally a , and later a Charles Lawrence-class of the United States Navy named for Pvt. Woodrow Wilson Barr of Keyser, West Virginia....
  
  
• Bassett (DE-672)
• Bates (DE-68)
  USS Bates (DE-68)
  USS Bates , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Edward M. Bates , who was killed on board during the attack on Pearl Harbor....
  
  
• Bauer (DE-1025)
  USS Bauer (DE-1025)
  USS Bauer was a in the United States Navy. She was named for Lieutenant Colonel Harold William Bauer, naval aviator and recipient of the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous courage as Commander of Marine Fighting Squadron 212 in the South Pacific between 10 May and 14...
  
  
• Bayntun (DE-1)
  HMS Bayntun (K310)
  USS Bayntun the first of the lend lease destroyer escorts in the United States Navy. She served in the Royal Navy as HMS Bayntun . She was named for Henry William Bayntun.-History:...
  
  
• Bazely (DE-2)
  HMS Bazely (K311)
  The second USS Bazely was a lend lease destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She served in the Royal Navy as HMS Bazely . She was named for John Bazely....
  
  
• Bebas (DE-10)
  USS Bebas (DE-10)
  USS Bebas was an Evarts-class short-hull destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy. She was named for Ensign Gus George Bebas....
  
  
• Begor (DE-711)
  USS Begor (APD-127)
  USS Begor was a of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Fay B. Begor , a Navy doctor who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross....
  
  
• Belet (DE-599)
• Benner (DE-551)
  USS Benner (DE-551)
  USS Benner was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never built.Benner was to have been built at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, but her construction contract was cancelled on 10 June 1944 before construction could begin.The name...
  
  
• Berry (DE-3)
  HMS Berry (K312)
  HMS Berry was a , built in the United States as a , and transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, which served in World War II. She was named after Rear Admiral Sir Edward Berry ....
  
  
• Beverly W. Reid (DE-722)
• Bickerton (Eisele) (DE-75)
  HMS Bickerton (K466)
  HMS Bickerton was a Buckley class Captains class frigate during World War II. Named after Sir Richard Bickerton commander of at the First Battle of Ushant during the American Revolutionary War....
  
  
• Bivin (DE-536)
  USS Bivin (DE-536)
  USS Bivin was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Bivin was named after Vernard Eugene...
  
  
• Blackwood (DE-4)
  HMS Blackwood (K313)
  HMS Blackwood was a Captain-class frigate of the Evarts-class of destroyer escort, originally commissioned to be built for the U.S. Navy...
  
  
• Blair (DE-147)
  USS Blair (DE-147)
  USS Blair was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Blakely (DE-1072)
• Blessman (DE-69)
  USS Blessman (DE-69)
  USS Blessman , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Edward Martin Blessman , who was killed in action in the Pacific on 4 February 1942....
  
  
• Booth (DE-170)
  USS Booth (DE-170)
  USS Booth was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and then the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Borum (DE-790)
  USS Borum (DE-790)
  USS Borum was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant John R. Borum ....
  
  
• Bostwick (DE-103)
  USS Bostwick (DE-103)
  USS Bostwick was a Cannon class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Bowen (DE-1079)
• Bowers (DE-637)
  USS Bowers (DE-637)
  USS Bowers , a Buckley class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Robert K. Bowers , who was killed in action aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.Bowers was laid down on 28 May 1943 at San Francisco,...
  
  
• Brackett (DE-41)
  USS Brackett (DE-41)
  USS Brackett was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Bradley (DE-1041)
• Bray (DE-709)
  USS Bray (DE-709)
  USS Bray was a of the United States Navy, named after Raymond Leon Bray, who was born in Greenville, Texas on 1 April 1918. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1940, and was killed in action at Gavutu, Solomon Islands, on 7 August 1942...
  
  
• Breeman (DE-104)
  USS Breeman (DE-104)
  USS Breeman was a Cannon class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. The ship was named for George Breeman, a Navy seaman who was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism during a turret explosion on USS Kearsarge ....
  
  
• Brennan (DE-13)
  USS Brennan (DE-13)
  USS Brennan was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II and commissioned in January 1943...
  
  
• Brewton (DE-1086)
• Bridget (DE-1024)
  USS Bridget (DE-1024)
  USS Bridget was a in the United States Navy. She was named for Francis Joseph Bridget, a naval aviator who served on the Commander's Staff of Patrol Wing 10 during the Japanese attack on the Philippines on 8 December 1941...
  
  
• Bright (DE-747)
  USS Bright (DE-747)
  USS Bright was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Brister (DE-327)
  USS Brister (DE-327)
  USS Brister was an Edsall-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named for Ensign Robert E. Brister .-Built in Orange, Texas:...
  
  
• Brock (DE-234)
• Bronstein (DE-189)
  USS Bronstein (DE-189)
  USS Bronstein was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She returned home at war's end with a three battle stars...
  
  
• Bronstein (DE-1037)
• Brough (DE-148)
  USS Brough (DE-148)
  USS Brough was an Edsall class destroyer escort, the first United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Lieutenant Junior Grade David Atkins Brough , a Naval Aviator who was awarded the Air Medal posthumously for his actions during the battles of Kiska and Attu.-Construction and...
  
  
• Brumby (DE-1044)
• Buckley (DE-51)
  USS Buckley (DE-51)
  USS Buckley , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ordnanceman John D. Buckley , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands....
  
  
• Bull (DE-52)
• Bull (DE-693)
  USS Bull (DE-693)
  USS Bull was a , later converted to a Charles Lawrence-class high speed transport. She was the second Navy ship named after Lieutenant Richard Bull , a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.Bull was the first of many destroyer escorts built at Defoe...
  
  
• Bullen (DE-78)
  HMS Bullen (K469)
  HMS Bullen was a Buckley class Captain class frigate during World War II. Named after Captain Charles Bullen of at the battle of Trafalgar.The Commanding Officer was Lt Cdr A.H. Parrish RN.-Sinking:...
  
  
• Bunch (DE-694)
  USS Bunch (DE-694)
  USS Bunch was a of the United States Navy, named after Kenneth Cecil Bunch, killed in action on 6 June 1942 while flying as radioman-gunner in an SBD Dauntless dive bomber during the Battle of Midway....
  
  
• Burden D. Hastings (DE-19)
• Burdo (DE-717)
  USS Burdo (APD-133)
  USS Burdo was a of the United States Navy, named after Private Ronald A. Burdo , a Marine who was killed in action at Gavutu, during the Battle of Guadalcanal....
  
  
• Burges (DE-12)
  HMS Burges (K347)
  HMS Burges was a , built in the United States as a , and transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, which served in World War II...
  
  
• Burke (DE-215)
  USS Burke (DE-215)
  USS Burke , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander John E. Burke , who was killed in action, aboard the battleship during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 15 November 1942....
  
  
• Burrows (DE-105)
  USS Burrows (DE-105)
  USS Burrows was a built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Byron (DE-79)
  HMS Byron (K508)
  HMS Byron was a British Captain class frigate of World War II. Named after Vice-Admiral The Honourable John Byron whose frequent encounters with bad weather in ensuing years won him the sobriquet, “Foul Weather Jack”.Commanding Officers were Lt K C L Southcombe RN October 1943 and Lt J Burfield RN...
  
  
• C.R. Greer (DE-23)
• Cabana (DE-260)
  USS Cabana (DE-260)
  USS Cabana was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. The namesake of this ship, Napoleon Joseph Cabana, was born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts on 26 March 1911, Cabana enlisted in the Navy on 17 March 1930 and was appointed machinist on 2 February 1941...
  
  
• Calcaterra (DE-390)
  USS Calcaterra (DE-390)
  USS Calcaterra was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war she was called up again for duty, this time as a radar picket...
  
  
• Camp (DE-251)
  USS Camp (DE-251)
  USS Camp was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Canfield (DE-262)
  USS Canfield (DE-262)
  USS Canfield was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Cannon (DE-99)
  USS Cannon (DE-99)
  USS Cannon was a destroyer escort launched on 25 May 1943 by the Dravo Corporation in Wilmington, Delaware and was sponsored by Mrs. E. H. Cannon. Cannon was commissioned on 26 September 1943, with Lieutenant Commander G. Morris in command, and reported to the United States Atlantic Fleet. The...
  
  
• Capodanno (DE-1093)
• Carlson (DE-9)
  USS Carlson (DE-9)
  USS Carlson was an Evarts-class short-hull destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, named for Chief Daniel William Carlson, killed during the Battle of Midway when was sunk....
  
  
• Carpellotti (DE-548)
  USS Carpellotti (DE-548)
  USS Carpellotti was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed.Plans called for Carpellotti to be built at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts...
  
  
• Carpellotti (DE-720)
  USS Carpellotti (APD-136)
  USS Carpellotti was a , the second ship of the United States Navy to be assigned the name Carpellotti, after Marine Private First Class Louis J...
  
  
• Carroll (DE-171)
  USS Carroll (DE-171)
  USS Carroll was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and then the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Carter (DE-112)
  USS Carter (DE-112)
  USS Carter was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. At war's end, she returned Stateside with one battle star.She was launched on 29 February 1944 by...
  
  
• Cates (DE-763)
  USS Cates (DE-763)
  USS Cates was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Cavallaro (DE-712)
  USS Cavallaro (APD-128)
  USS Cavallaro was a of the United States Navy, named after Ensign Salvatore John Cavallaro , who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his gallant service in the invasion of Sicily....
  
  
• Cecil J. Doyle (DE-368)
  USS Cecil J. Doyle (DE-368)
  USS Cecil J. Doyle was a United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort. She was named for USMC aviator Lt. Cecil J. Doyle, posthumous recipient of the Navy Cross for heroism during 18 to 25 October 1942 in the Solomon Islands campaign.Cecil J. Doyle was launched on 1 July 1944 at...
  
  
• Chaffee (DE-230)
  USS Chaffee (DE-230)
  USS Chaffee was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War IIChaffee was launched 27 November 1943 by Charleston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. L. C. Chaffee; and commissioned 9 May 1944, Lieutenant Commander A. C...
  
  
• Chambers (DE-391)
  USS Chambers (DE-391)
  USS Chambers was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war she continued an active life, serving with the U.S...
  
  
• Charles Berry (DE-1035)
• Charles E. Brannon (DE-446)
  USS Charles E. Brannon (DE-446)
  USS Charles E. Brannon was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war she proudly...
  
  
• Charles J. Kimmel (DE-584)
  USS Charles J. Kimmel (DE-584)
  The Charles J. Kimmel was a Rudderow class destroyer escort serving in the US Navy from 1944 through 1947. She served in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of WWII...
  
  
• Charles Lawrence (DE-53)
  USS Charles Lawrence (DE-53)
  USS Charles Lawrence , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ordnanceman Charles Lawrence , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941....
  
  
• Charles R. Ware (DE-547)
  USS Charles R. Ware (DE-547)
  USS Charles R. Ware was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never built....
  
  
• Chase (DE-158)
  USS Chase (DE-158)
  USS Chase , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Admiral Jehu V. Chase .Chase was launched 24 April 1943 by Norfolk Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. J. V. Chase ; and commissioned 18 July 1943, Lieutenant Commander V. B...
  
  
• Chatelain (DE-149)
  USS Chatelain (DE-149)
  USS Chatelain was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, providing destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Chester T. O'Brien (DE-421)
• Christopher (DE-100)
  USS Christopher (DE-100)
  USS Christopher was a Cannon class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Clarence L. Evans (DE-113)
  USS Clarence L. Evans (DE-113)
  USS Clarence L. Evans was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Claud Jones (DE-1033)
  USS Claud Jones (DE-1033)
  USS Claud Jones was launched 27 May 1958 by Avondale Marine Ways, Avondale, Louisiana, sponsored by Mrs. M. R. J. Wyllie; and commissioned 10 February 1959, Lieutenant Commander W. M. Cone in command...
  
  
• Cloues (DE-265)
  USS Cloues (DE-265)
  USS Cloues was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Coates (DE-685)
  USS Coates (DE-685)
  USS Coates was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II and later in the 1950s and 1960s....
  
  
• Cockrill (DE-398)
  USS Cockrill (DE-398)
  USS Cockrill was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of ensign Dan...
  
  
• Cofer (DE-208)
  USS Cofer (DE-208)
  USS Cofer , a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of John JosephCofer , who was killed in action on 13 November 1942 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, while serving aboard the destroyer .Cofer was launched on 6 September 1943 by Charleston Navy Yard,...
  
  
• Coffman (DE-191)
  USS Coffman (DE-191)
  USS Coffman was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Conklin (DE-439)
  USS Conklin (DE-439)
  USS Conklin was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Conn (DE-80)
  HMS Conn (K509)
  HMS Conn was a Buckley class Captain class frigate during World War II. Named after Captain John Conn of at the Battle of Trafalgar....
  
  
• Connole (DE-1056)
• Connolly (DE-306)
  USS Connolly (DE-306)
  USS Connolly was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Cook (DE-714)
  USS Cook (APD-130)
  USS Cook was a of the United States Navy, named after two brothers: Second Lieutenant Andrew F. Cook, Jr. and Sergeant Dallas H. Cook...
  
  
• Cook (DE-1083)
• Coolbaugh (DE-217)
  USS Coolbaugh (DE-217)
  USS Coolbaugh , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Walter W. Coolbaugh , who was killed in an aircraft accident on 19 December 1942. He was a recipient of the Navy Cross....
  
  
• Cooner (DE-172)
  USS Cooner (DE-172)
  USS Cooner was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and then the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Corbesier (DE-106)
• Corbesier (DE-438)
  USS Corbesier (DE-438)
  USS Corbesier was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Corbesier was named in honor of...
  
  
• Cosby (DE-94)
  HMS Cosby (K559)
  HMS Cosby was a Buckley class Captain class frigate during World War II, it was named after Captain Phillips Cosby of during the American Revolutionary War....
  
  
• Cotton (DE-81)
  HMS Cotton (K510)
  HMS Cotton was a of the British Royal Navy that served in World War II. The ship was laid down as a at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts on 2 June 1943, with the hull number DE-81, and launched on 21 August 1943...
  
  
• Courtney (DE-1021)
  USS Courtney (DE-1021)
  The second USS Courtney , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Marine Major Henry A. Courtney, Jr. , who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroism in the Battle of Okinawa....
  
  
• Cranstoun (DE-82)
  HMS Cranstoun (K511)
  HMS Cranstoun was a of the British Royal Navy that served in the last two years of World War II. The ship was laid down as a at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts on 9 June 1943, with the hull number DE-82, and launched on 28 August 1943...
  
  
• Cread (DE-227)
• Creamer (DE-308)
  USS Creamer (DE-308)
  USS Creamer , ex-USS Register , was a United States Navy launched during World War II, but never completed.Creamer was laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California, on 5 July 1943 as USS Register...
  
  
• Cromwell (DE-1014)
  USS Cromwell (DE-1014)
  USS Cromwell , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Captain John P. Cromwell , who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his sacrificial heroism while commanding ....
  
  
• Cronin (DE-107)
• Cronin (DE-704)
  USS Cronin (DE-704)
  USS Cronin was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Chief Gunner Cornelius Cronin , who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his "coolness and close attention to duty" in the Battle of Mobile Bay.Cronin was launched on 5 January 1944 at the Defoe...
  
  
• Crosley (DE-108)
• Crosley (DE-226)
• Cross (DE-448)
  USS Cross (DE-448)
  USS Cross was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Crouter (DE-11)
  USS Crouter (DE-11)
  USS Crouter was an of the United States Navy in commission from 1943 to 1945. The ship was named after Mark Hanna Crouter , U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• Crowley (DE-303)
  USS Crowley (DE-303)
  USS Crowley was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Cubitt (DE-83)
  HMS Cubitt (K512)
  HMS Cubitt was a of the British Royal Navy that served during World War II. The ship was laid down as a at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts on 9 June 1943, with the hull number DE-83, and launched on 11 September 1943. The ship was transferred to the UK under Lend-Lease...
  
  
• Currier (DE-700)
  USS Currier (DE-700)
  USS Currier was a of the United States Navy, named after Lieutenant Roger Noon Currier. Currier was born in Portland, Oregon on 20 April 1913 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy on 3 June 1937...
  
  
• Curtis W. Howard (DE-752)
  USS Curtis W. Howard (DE-752)
  USS Curtis W. Howard was a United States Navy proposed during World War II but never completed.DE-752 was laid down by the Western Pipe and Steel Company at San Pedro, California, on 18 August 1943 and named USS Curtis W. Howard on 3 September 1943. She was launched on 26 March 1944, sponsored...
  
  
• Curzon (DE-84)
  HMS Curzon (K513)
  HMS Curzon was a of the British Royal Navy that served during World War II. The ship was laid down as a at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts on 23 June 1943, with the hull number DE-84, and launched on 18 September 1943...
  
  
• Dakins (DE-85)
• Dale W. Peterson (DE-337)
  USS Dale W. Peterson (DE-337)
  USS Dale W. Peterson was an Edsall class destroyer escort, the first United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Ensign Dale William Peterson , who was awarded the Navy Cross for distinguished service in intercepting enemy bombers attacking his carrier 20 February 1942, and was...
  
  
• Damon Cummings (DE-756)
  USS Damon Cummings (DE-756)
  USS Damon Cummings was a United States Navy proposed during World War II but never completed.Plans called for Western Pipe and Steel Company to build Damon Cummings at San Pedro, California. The construction contract for Damon Cummings was cancelled on 2 October 1943 before she could be...
  
  
• Damon M. Cummings (DE-643)
  USS Damon M. Cummings (DE-643)
  USS Damon M. Cummings was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Damon M. Cummings , who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism on board during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.Damon M...
  
  
• Daniel (DE-335)
  USS Daniel (DE-335)
  USS Daniel was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.Daniel was named after Hugh Spencer Daniel, born 26 December 1923 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve 9 June 1941...
  
  
• Daniel A. Joy (DE-585)
  USS Daniel A. Joy (DE-585)
  The Daniel A. Joy was a built by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, in Hingham, Massachusetts It was launched on 15 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. D. A. Joy , and commissioned on 28 April 1944. Lieutenant F. E...
  
  
• Daniel T. Griffin (DE-54)
  USS Daniel T. Griffin (DE-54)
  USS Daniel T. Griffin , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ordnanceman Daniel T. Griffin , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands....
  
  
• Darby (DE-218)
  USS Darby (DE-218)
  USS Darby , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Marshall E. Darby , who was killed in action, while serving aboard the battleship , during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941....
  
  
• Davidson (DE-1045)
• Day (DE-225)
  USS Day (DE-225)
  USS Day was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War IIDay was launched 14 October 1943 by Philadelphia Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss G. Day, sister of Chief Water Tender Day; and commissioned 10 June 1944, Commander K. E...
  
  
• De Long (DE-684)
• Dealey (DE-1006)
  USS Dealey (DE-1006)
  USS Dealey , the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Commander Samuel D. Dealey, who was awarded the Medal of Honor as captain of the famous World War II submarine USS Harder.-History:...
  
  
• Deane (DE-86)
  HMS Deane (K551)
  HMS Deane was a Captain class frigate of the Buckley class of destroyer escort, originally commissioned to be built for the U.S. Navy. Before she was finished in 1943, she was transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, and saw service during World War II.She was built by...
  
  
• Decker (DE-47)
  USS Decker (DE-47)
  USS Decker was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into dangerous North Atlantic Ocean waters to protect convoys and other ships from German submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Deede (DE-263)
  USS Deede (DE-263)
  USS Deede was an in the United States Navy. The ship was named after LeRoy Clifford Deede, LTJG, USNR.Deede was launched 6 April 1943 by Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. M. B. Deede, mother of Lieutenant Deede; and commissioned 29 July 1943, Lieutenant Commander J. W...
  
  
• De Long (DE-684)
• Dempsey (DE-26)
  USS Dempsey (DE-26)
  USS Dempsey was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Dempsey (DE-267)
• Dennis (DE-405)
  USS Dennis (DE-405)
  USS Dennis was a World War II John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy. Dennis was named after Radioman Third Class Otis Lee Dennis...
  
  
• Dennis J. Buckley (DE-553)
  USS Dennis J. Buckley (DE-553)
  USS Dennis J. Buckley was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed....
  
  
• Diachenko (DE-690)
• Dionne (DE-261)
  USS Dionne (DE-261)
  USS Dionne was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Dobler (DE-48)
  USS Dobler (DE-48)
  USS Dobler was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into dangerous North Atlantic Ocean waters to protect convoys and other ships from German submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Doherty (DE-14)
  USS Doherty (DE-14)
  USS Doherty was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Don O. Woods (DE-721)
• Donald B. Beary (DE-1085)
• Donaldson (DE-44)
  USS Donaldson (DE-44)
  USS Donaldson was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Donaldson (DE-55)
  HMS Byard (K315)
  HMS Byard was a Buckley class Captains class frigate during World War II. Named Sir Thomas Byard, who commanded at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797 during the French Revolutionary Wars....
  
  
• Donald W. Wolf (DE-713)
  USS Donald W. Wolf (APD-129)
  USS Donald W. Wolf was a of the United States Navy, named for Sergeant Donald W. Wolf , USMC, who was posthoumously awarded the Navy Cross after being killed in action in the Battle of Guadalcanal....
  
  
• Doneff (DE-49)
  USS Doneff (DE-49)
  USS Doneff was an which served in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater of Operations. The only encounter with the Imperial Japanese Navy was the sighting of one or two A6M Zero fighters during the operational time spent in the Aleutian Islands. The Chief Yeoman was Arthur E...
  
  
• Donnell (DE-56)
  USS Donnell (DE-56)
  USS Donnell , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Earl Roe Donnell , who was killed in action while serving in Scouting Squadron 6 aboard the aircraft carrier during an attack on the Marshall Islands on 6 February 1942.Donnell was laid down on 27 November 1942 at the...
  
  
• Douglas A. Munro (DE-422)
  USS Douglas A. Munro (DE-422)
  USS Douglas A. Munro was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Douglas A...
  
  
• Douglas L. Howard (DE-138)
  USS Douglas L. Howard (DE-138)
  USS Douglas L. Howard was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Downes (DE-1070)
• Doyle C. Barnes (DE-353)
  USS Doyle C. Barnes (DE-353)
  USS Doyle C. Barnes was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.The ship was named in honor...
  
  
• Durant (DE-389)
• Drury (DE-46)
• Duffy (DE-27)
• Dufilho (DE-423)
  USS Dufilho (DE-423)
  USS Dufilho , a , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Marion William Dufilho. She was laid down 31 January 1944 by Brown Shipbuilding of Houston, Texas, launched 9 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. M. W. Dufilho, widow of Lieutenant Dufilho, and commissioned 21 July 1944,...
  
  
• Durant (DE-389)
• Durik (DE-666)
  USS Durik (DE-666)
  USS Durik was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Apprentice Seaman Joseph E. Durik .Durik was launched 9 October 1943 by Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pennsylvania; sponsored by Mrs. M. Durik, mother of Seaman Apprentice Durik; and commissioned 24 March 1944, Commander K. B...
  
  
• Earhart (DE-603)
• Earl K. Olsen (DE-765)
  USS Earl K. Olsen (DE-765)
  USS Earl K. Olsen was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Earl V. Johnson (DE-702)
  USS Earl V. Johnson (DE-702)
  USS Earl V. Johnson was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Earl V. Johnson , a naval aviator who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for "extraordinary heroism" during the Battle of the Coral Sea....
  
  
• Earle B. Hall (DE-597)
• Ebert (DE-74)
  HMS Bentley (K465)
  HMS Bentley was a Buckley class Captains class frigate which served during World War II. The ship was named after Sir John Bentley who entered the Royal Navy in 1720...
  
  
• Ebert (DE-768)
  USS Ebert (DE-768)
  USS Ebert was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Edgar G. Chase (DE-16)
  USS Edgar G. Chase (DE-16)
  USS Edgar G. Chase was an Evarts-class "short-hull" destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy named after Edgar Griffith Chase, executive officer of a destroyer lost at Guadalcanal in 1942.Edgar G...
  
  
• Edmonds (DE-406)
  USS Edmonds (DE-406)
  USS Edmonds was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. At the end of World War II, she...
  
  
• Edsall (DE-129)
  USS Edsall (DE-129)
  USS Edsall was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Seaman Norman Edsall ....
  
  
• Edward C. Daly (DE-17)
• Edward H. Allen (DE-531)
  USS Edward H. Allen (DE-531)
  USS Edward H. Allen was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Edward H...
  
  
• Edward McDonnell (DE-1043)
• Edwin A. Howard (DE-346)
  USS Edwin A. Howard (DE-346)
  USS Edwin A. Howard was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war, she returned home...
  
  
• Eichenberger (DE-202)
  USS Eichenberger (DE-202)
  USS Eichenberger , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Charles Emil Eichenberger Jr. , who was killed in aerial combat on 12 September 1942 during the attack on the Solomon Islands...
  
  
• Eisele (DE-34)
  USS Eisele (DE-34)
  USS Eisele was an short-hulldestroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, named after Seaman Second Class George Raymond Eisele, killed in action on board the heavy cruiser on 12 November 1942 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal....
  
  
• Eisele (DE-75)
  HMS Bickerton (K466)
  HMS Bickerton was a Buckley class Captains class frigate during World War II. Named after Sir Richard Bickerton commander of at the First Battle of Ushant during the American Revolutionary War....
  
  
• Eisner (DE-192)
  USS Eisner (DE-192)
  USS Eisner was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Eisner (DE-269)
• Ekins (DE-87)
• Elden (DE-264)
  USS Elden (DE-264)
  USS Elden was an in the service of the United States Navy, named after Ralph Waldo Elden, executive officer of , who was killed during the battle of Midway, 6 June 1942....
  
  
• Eldridge (DE-173)
  USS Eldridge (DE-173)
  USS Eldridge , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Commander John Eldridge, Jr., a hero of the invasion of the Solomon Islands. Its keel was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newark, New Jersey. Eldridge was launched on 25 July 1943, sponsored...
  
  
• Elmer Montgomery (DE-1082)
• Ely (DE-309)
  USS Ely (DE-309)
  The first USS Ely was a United States Navy launched during World War II but never completed.Ely was laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California, on 2 August 1943 and launched on 10 April 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Ann G. Ely, widow of Lieutenant Arthur V. Ely, the ships...
  
  
• Emery (DE-28)
  USS Emery (DE-28)
  USS Emery was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• England (DE-635)
  USS England (DE-635)
  USS England , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign John C. England , who was killed in action aboard the battleship during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941...
  
  
• Engstrom (DE-50)
  USS Engstrom (DE-50)
  USS Engstrom was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Enright (DE-216)
  USS Enright (DE-216)
  USS Enright , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Robert Paul Francis Enright , who was killed in action while serving aboard the destroyer during the Battle of Midway on 6 June 1942.- Career :...
  
  
• Essington (DE-67)
• Eugene A. Greene (DE-549)
  USS Eugene A. Greene (DE-549)
  USS Eugene A. Greene was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed....
  
  
• Eugene E. Elmore (DE-686)
  USS Eugene E. Elmore (DE-686)
  USS Eugene E. Elmore was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.Eugene E. Elmore was launched 23 December 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass.; sponsored by Mrs. Eugene E. Elmore, widow of Lieutenant Commander Elmore; and commissioned 4 February 1944,...
  
  
• Evans (DE-1023)
  USS Evans (DE-1023)
  USS Evans , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to have the name Evans. However it is the only ship to be named for Ernest E. Evans, a naval officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor....
  
  
• Evarts (DE-5)
  USS Evarts (DE-5)
  USS Evarts was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escorts in the United States Navy. She was named for Milo Burnell Evarts.Evarts was launched on 7 December 1942 at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, as BDE-5, intended for transfer to Britain. Instead, she was retained for use in...
  
  
• Everett F. Larson (DE-554)
  USS Everett F. Larson (DE-554)
  USS Everett F. Larson was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed....
  
  
• Eversole (DE-404)
  USS Eversole (DE-404)
  The USS Eversole was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Lieutenant John Thomas Eversole, , she was the first of two U.S...
  
  
• Fair (DE-35)
  USS Fair (DE-35)
  USS Fair was a ship named by the United States Navy for Lieutenant, junior grade Victor Norman Fair, Jr., who was born on 15 August 1921 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, enlisted in the Naval Reserve on 15 August 1940, and was commissioned ensign on 14 March 1941...
  
  
• Falgout (DE-324)
  USS Falgout (DE-324)
  USS Falgout was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war, she was borrowed by the U.S...
  
  
• Fanning (DE-1076)
• Farquhar (DE-139)
  USS Farquhar (DE-139)
  USS Farquhar was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Fechteler (DE-157)
  USS Fechteler (DE-157)
  USS Fechteler , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Augustus Fechteler, a Rear Admiral serving in the United States Navy during World War I....
  
  
• Fessenden (DE-142)
  USS Fessenden (DE-142)
  USS Fessenden was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Reginald Aubrey...
  
  
• Fieberling (DE-640)
  USS Fieberling (DE-640)
  USS Fieberling was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Langdon K. Fieberling , a naval aviator in squadron VT-8, who was killed in action in the Battle of Midway....
  
  
• Finch (DE-328)
  USS Finch (DE-328)
  USS Finch was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy. She was named in honor of Lieutenant Joseph W. Finch, Jr., USNR.Finch was first launched on 28 August 1943 at Orange, Texas as DE-328...
  
  
• Finnegan (DE-307)
  USS Finnegan (DE-307)
  USS Finnegan was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Fiske (DE-143)
  USS Fiske (DE-143)
  The USS Fiske was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Rear Admiral Bradley Allen Fiske, she was the first of two U.S. Naval vessels to bear the name....
  
  
• Fitzroy (DE-88)
• Flaherty (DE-135)
  USS Flaherty (DE-135)
  USS Flaherty was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Fleming (DE-32)
  USS Fleming (DE-32)
  USS Fleming was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. While performing convoy and escort duty in the Pacific Ocean she was also able to sink one Japanese submarine and to shoot down several kamikaze planes that intended to crash onto her...
  
  
• Fleming (DE-271)
• Fogg (DE-57)
  USS Fogg (DE-57)
  USS Fogg , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Carleton Thayer Fogg , who was killed in action while serving aboard the aircraft carrier during the initial attack Kwajalein, 1 February 1942....
  
  
• Foreman (DE-633)
  USS Foreman (DE-633)
  USS Foreman , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Andrew L. Foreman , who was killed in action aboard the heavy cruiser during the Battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942. Ensign Foreman remained at his station to help in saving his ship until asphyxiated by gas generated...
  
  
• Formoe (DE-509)
  USS Formoe (DE-509)
  USS Formoe was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Formore (DE-58)
  HMS Calder (K349)
  HMS Calder was a Buckley class Captain class frigate during World War II. Named after Admiral Sir Robert Calder, Bt. KCB, who was appointed Captain of the Fleet to Admiral John Jervis in 1796, and saw action at the battle of Cape St Vincent on 14 February 1797.The Commanding Officers of HMS Calder...
  
  
• Forster (DE-334)
  USS Forster (DE-334)
  USS Forster was launched 13 November 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas; sponsored by Mrs. E. W. Forster, widow of Machinist Forster; and commissioned 25 January 1944. She served as an escort in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during World War II...
  
  
• Foss (DE-59)
  USS Foss (DE-59)
  USS Foss , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Rodney Shelton Foss , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands....
  
  
• Fowler (DE-222)
  USS Fowler (DE-222)
  USS Fowler , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Robert L. Fowler , who was killed in action, while serving aboard the destroyer during the Battle of Cape Esperance on the night of 11-12 October 1942...
  
  
• Frament (DE-677)
• Francis Hammond (DE-1067)
• Francis M. Robinson (DE-220)
  USS Francis M. Robinson (DE-220)
  USS Francis M. Robinson , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Commander Francis M. Robinson , who was a recipient of the Navy Cross....
  
  
• Francovich (DE-379)
  USS Francovich (DE-379)
  The first USS Francovich was a proposed World War II United States Navy that was never completed.The name Francovich was assigned to DE-379 on 31 May 1944...
  
  
• Francovich (DE-606)
• Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)
  USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)
  The USS Frederick C. Davis was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Ensign Frederick Curtice Davis , she was the first U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.Frederick C...
  
  
• French (DE-367)
  USS French (DE-367)
  USS French was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.USS French was named in honor of...
  
  
• Frost (DE-144)
  USS Frost (DE-144)
  USS Frost was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Frybarger (DE-705)
  USS Frybarger (DE-705)
  USS Frybarger was a of the United States Navy, named for Private First Class Raymond Frybarger, Jr. , who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism during the Battle of Edson's Ridge on Guadalcanal....
  
  
• Gandy (DE-764)
  USS Gandy (DE-764)
  USS Gandy was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Gantner (DE-60)
  USS Gantner (DE-60)
  USS Gantner , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Boatswain's Mate Samuel Merritt Gantner , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands....
  
  
• Garcia (DE-1040)
• Garfield Thomas (DE-193)
  USS Garfield Thomas (DE-193)
  USS Garfield Thomas was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Gary (DE-326)
• Gaynier (DE-751)
  USS Gaynier (DE-751)
  USS Gaynier was a United States Navy proposed during World War II but never completed.DE-751 was laid down by the Western Pipe and Steel Company at San Pedro, California, on 4 August 1943 and named USS Gaynier on 3 September 1943. She was launched on 30 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Ireta...
  
  
• Gendreau (DE-639)
  USS Gendreau (DE-639)
  USS Gendreau was a in the United States Navy. She was commissioned on 17 March 1944 and decommissioned on 13 March 1948. She served throughout the Pacific during World War II....
  
  
• Gentry (DE-349)
  USS Gentry (DE-349)
  USS Gentry was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Gentry was named after Wayne Roy...
  
  
• George (DE-276)
• George (DE-697)
  USS George (DE-697)
  USS George was a . She was the second ship of the United States Navy named after Seaman Second Class Eugene F. George , who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism on at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal....
  
  
• George A. Johnson (DE-583)
  USS George A. Johnson (DE-583)
  USS George A. Johnson was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II and later served as a Navy Reserve training ship....
  
  
• George E. Davis (DE-357)
  USS George E. Davis (DE-357)
  USS George E. Davis was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.She was named in honor of Lt...
  
  
• George M. Campbell (DE-773)
  USS George M. Campbell (DE-773)
  USS George M. Campbell was a United States Navy proposed during World War II but never completed.George M. Campbell was laid down by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company at Tampa, Florida, on 23 August 1943. She was launched in 1944....
  
  
• George W. Ingram (DE-62)
  USS George W. Ingram (DE-62)
  USS George W. Ingram , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Seaman George Washington Ingram , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands....
  
  
• Gilette (DE-270)
• Gillette (DE-681)
  USS Gillette (DE-681)
  USS Gillette was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Lieutenant Douglas W. Gillette ....
  
  
• Gilligan (DE-508)
  USS Gilligan (DE-508)
  USS Gilligan was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Gilmore (DE-18)
  USS Gilmore (DE-18)
  USS Gilmore was an Evarts-class short-hulldestroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, named after Commander Walter William Gilmore, Supply Corps, killed on 8 May 1942 while serving as the supply officer of the in the Battle of Coral Sea.Originally allocated to the United Kingdom...
  
  
• Glover (DE-1098)
• Goss (DE-444)
  USS Goss (DE-444)
  USS Goss was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Gosselin (DE-710)
  USS Gosselin (APD-126)
  USS Gosselin was a of the United States Navy, named after Ensign Edward W. Gosselin , who was killed in action on the battleship during the attack on Pearl Harbor....
  
  
• Grady (DE-445)
  USS Grady (DE-445)
  USS Grady was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Gray (DE-1054)
• Greenwood (DE-679)
  USS Greenwood (DE-679)
  USS Greenwood was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Frank Greenwood ....
  
  
• Greiner (DE-37)
  USS Greiner (DE-37)
  USS Greiner was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Griswold (DE-7)
  USS Griswold (DE-7)
  USS Griswold was an Evarts-class short-hull destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, the second ship named for Ensign Don T. Griswold, who perished during the battle of Midway 1942....
  
  
• Groves (DE-543)
  USS Groves (DE-543)
  USS Groves was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed.Groves was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts. Her construction was cancelled on 5 September 1944 before she could be launched. The incomplete ship was...
  
  
• Gunason (DE-795)
  USS Gunason (DE-795)
  USS Gunason a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Robert W. Gunason who was killed in action while serving on the USS Astoria, during the Battle of Savo Island....
  
  
• Gustafson (DE-182)
  USS Gustafson (DE-182)
  USS Gustafson was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Haas (DE-424)
  USS Haas (DE-424)
  USS Haas was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Haas was named in honor of John William...
  
  
• Haertley (DE-1029)
  USS Hartley (DE-1029)
  USS Hartley was a in the United States Navy. DE-1029 is the second ship to bear the name Hartley; she was named for Admiral Henry Hartley, who established the Deep Sea Diving School...
  
  
• Haines (DE-792)
• Halloran (DE-305)
  USS Halloran (DE-305)
  USS Halloran was a named by the United States Navy after William Ignatius Halloran, born on 23 July 1915, at Cleveland, Ohio, enlisted in the Naval Reserve as an apprentice seaman on 14 August 1940. Commissioned Ensign on 12 June 1941, he was assigned to Naval Air Station, San Pedro, California,...
  
  
• Halstead (DE-91)
• Hammann (DE-131)
  USS Hammann (DE-131)
  USS Hammann was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Hammerberg (DE-1015)
  USS Hammerberg (DE-1015)
  USS Hammerberg , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Navy diver Francis P. Hammerberg , of Flint, Michigan, who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for rescuing two fellow divers from a wreck in Pearl Harbor....
  
  
• Hanna (DE-449)
  USS Hanna (DE-449)
  USS Hanna was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Hargood (DE-573)
• Harmon (DE-72)
  HMS Aylmer (K463)
  HMS Aylmer was a Buckley class Captain class frigate during World War II. The ship was named after Matthew Aylmer, commander of at the Battle of Barfleur in 1692 during the War of the Grand Alliance....
  
  
• Harmon (DE-678)
  USS Harmon (DE-678)
  The USS Harmon was a of the United States Navy. USS Harmon was named after Mess Attendant Leonard Roy Harmon, who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his actions on the USS San Francisco during the battle of Guadalcanal...
  
  
• Harold C. Thomas (DE-21)
  USS Harold C. Thomas (DE-21)
  USS Harold C. Thomas was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Harold E. Holt (DE-1074)
• Harold J. Ellison (DE-545)
  USS Harold J. Ellison (DE-545)
  USS Harold J. Ellison was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed....
  
  
• Harry L. Corl (DE-598)
• Hartley (DE-1029)
  USS Hartley (DE-1029)
  USS Hartley was a in the United States Navy. DE-1029 is the second ship to bear the name Hartley; she was named for Admiral Henry Hartley, who established the Deep Sea Diving School...
  
  
• Harveson (DE-316)
  USS Harveson (DE-316)
  USS Harveson was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Haverfield (DE-393)
  USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  USS Haverfield was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Ensign James...
  
  
• Hayter (DE-212)
  USS Hayter (DE-212)
  USS Hayter , a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Hubert M. Hayter , who was killed in action, while serving aboard the cruiser during the Battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942...
  
  
• Hemminger (DE-746)
  USS Hemminger (DE-746)
  USS Hemminger was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Henry R. Kenyon (DE-683)
  USS Henry R. Kenyon (DE-683)
  USS Henry R. Kenyon was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy in World War II. The ship was named in honor of Ensign Henry R. Kenyon, Jr. , a naval aviator in squadron VT-8, who was killed in action in the Battle of Midway.Henry R...
  
  
• Henry W. Tucker (DE-377)
  USS Henry W. Tucker (DE-377)
  The first USS Henry W. Tucker was a proposed United States Navy that was never completed.Henry W. Tucker was laid down at Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas, during World War II. However, her construction was cancelled on 6 June 1944.The name Henry W. Tucker was reassigned to...
  
  
• Hepburn (DE-1055)
• Herbert C. Jones (DE-137)
  USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137)
  USS Herbert C. Jones was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Herzog (DE-178)
  USS Herzog (DE-178)
  USS Herzog was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Herzog (DE-277)
• Heyliger (DE-510)
  USS Heyliger (DE-510)
  USS Heyliger was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Heyliger was named in honor of...
  
  
• Hilbert (DE-742)
  USS Hilbert (DE-742)
  USS Hilbert was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Hill (DE-141)
  USS Hill (DE-141)
  USS Hill was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Hissem (DE-400)
• Hodges (DE-231)
  USS Hodges (DE-231)
  USS Hodges was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War IIHodges was launched 9 December 1943 by the Charleston Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss Dorothy Jane Hodges, sister of Ensign Hodges; and commissioned 27 May 1944, Lt. Comdr. Victor B...
  
  
• Holder (DE-401)
  USS Holder (DE-401)
  USS Holder was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Lieutenant Randolph Mitchell Holder , she was the first of two U.S...
  
  
• Hollis (DE-794)
  USS Hollis (DE-794)
  USS Hollis was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Ensign Ralph Hollis , who was killed on the battleship Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor....
  
  
• Holmes (DE-572)
• Holt (DE-706)
  USS Holt (DE-706)
  USS Holt was a of the United States Navy. It was named after William Mack Holt, who was born on 9 September 1917 at Great Falls, Montana. He enlisted in the Navy on 4 October 1940, was appointed an Aviation Cadet on 26 December 1940, he reported to the aircraft carrier as a fighter pilot on 16...
  
  
• Holton (DE-703)
  USS Holton (DE-703)
  Holton was named after Ralph Lee Holton, who was born on 19 September 1918, and graduated from the Naval Academy in December 1941. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his valiant rescue work aiding survivors of the stricken aircraft carrier Lexington on 8 May 1942 in the Battle of the Coral Sea...
  
  
• Hooper (DE-1026)
  USS Hooper (DE-1026)
  USS Hooper was a in the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Stanford Caldwell Hooper, head of the Navy's Radio Division from 1914-1928, and Director of Naval Communications until 1945....
  
  
• Hopping (DE-155)
  USS Hopping (DE-155)
  USS Hopping , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Hallsted L. Hopping, killed in a raid on Roi Island on 1 February 1942, the first aircraft squadron commander to lose his life in World War II....
  
  
• Horace A. Bass (DE-691)
• Hoste (DE-521)
• Hotham (DE-574)
• Hova (DE-110)
• Howard D. Crow (DE-252)
  USS Howard D. Crow (DE-252)
  USS Howard D. Crow was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Howard Daniel...
  
  
• Howard F. Clark (DE-533)
  USS Howard F. Clark (DE-533)
  USS Howard F. Clark was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Howard F...
  
  
• Hubbard (DE-211)
  USS Hubbard (DE-211)
  USS Hubbard , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Commander Joseph C. Hubbard USS Hubbard (DE-211/APD-53), a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Commander Joseph C. Hubbard USS Hubbard (DE-211/APD-53), a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Commander...
  
  
• Hunter Marshall (DE-602)
• Hurst (DE-250)
  USS Hurst (DE-250)
  The second USS Hurst was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down in January 1943 and launched in August the same year by the widow of namesake Edwin William Hurst, who had been awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses earlier in the war...
  
  
• Huse (DE-145)
  USS Huse (DE-145)
  The USS Huse was named by the U.S. Navy in honor of Admiral Harry McLaren Pinckney Huse, who died in 1942.Huse was launched by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas, 23 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. L. M. Humrichouse, daughter of Vice Admiral Huse; and commissioned 30 August 1943, Lt. Comdr. W. A...
  
  
• Inch (DE-146)
  USS Inch (DE-146)
  USS Inch was named after Rear Admiral Richard Inch, who served with distinction during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War....
  
  
• Inglis (DE-525)
• Inman (DE-526)
• Ira Jeffery (DE-63)
  USS Ira Jeffery (DE-63)
  USS Ira Jeffery , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Ira Well Jeffery who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands while serving aboard the battleship ....
  
  
• J. Douglas Blackwood (DE-219)
  USS J. Douglas Blackwood (DE-219)
  USS J. Douglas Blackwood , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Commander J. Douglas Blackwood , who was killed in action, aboard the cruiser , during the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942....
  
  
• J. R. Y. Blakely (DE-140)
• J. Richard Ward (DE-243)
  USS J. Richard Ward (DE-243)
  USS J. Richard Ward was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of James Richard...
  
  
• Jaccard (DE-355)
  USS Jaccard (DE-355)
  USS Jaccard was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Jack C. Robinson (DE-671)
• Jack Miller (DE-410)
  USS Jack Miller (DE-410)
  USS Jack Miller was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Jack W. Wilke (DE-800)
  USS Jack W. Wilke (DE-800)
  USS Jack W. Wilke was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Ensign Jack W. Wilke , a naval aviator in Torpedo Squadron 8 who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism in the Battle of Midway.Jack W...
  
  
• Jacob Jones (DE-130)
  USS Jacob Jones (DE-130)
  USS Jacob Jones was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• James E. Craig (DE-201)
  USS James E. Craig (DE-201)
  USS James E. Craig , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander James Edwin Craig , who was killed in action aboard the during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941....
  
  
• Janssen (DE-396)
  USS Janssen (DE-396)
  USS Janssen was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Lieutenant Ralph...
  
  
• Jenks (DE-665)
  USS Jenks (DE-665)
  USS Jenks was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Henry P. Jenks ....
  
  
• Jesse L. Brown (DE-1089)
• Jesse Rutherford (DE-347)
  USS Jesse Rutherford (DE-347)
  USS Jesse Rutherford was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Jobb (DE-707)
  USS Jobb (DE-707)
  USS Jobb was a of the United States Navy, named after Richard Patrick Jobb, born in McCormick, Washington, on 17 March 1920. He enlisted in the Navy on 28 February 1942. He was at Guadalcanal for America's first amphibious operation of the Pacific War...
  
  
• John C. Butler (DE-339)
  USS John C. Butler (DE-339)
  USS John C. Butler was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escorts in the service of the United States Navy, named after Ensign John C. Butler , who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in the Battle of Midway.John C...
  
  
• John J. Powers (DE-528)
  USS John J. Powers (DE-528)
  USS John J. Powers was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into dangerous North Atlantic Ocean waters to protect convoys and other ships from German submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• John J. Van Buren (DE-753)
  USS John J. Van Buren (DE-753)
  USS John J. Van Buren was a United States Navy proposed during World War II but never completed.John J. Van Buren was laid down by the Western Pipe and Steel Company at San Pedro, California, on 18 August 1943. She was launched on either 16 January 1944 or 26 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. J. J...
  
  
• John L. Williamson (DE-370)
  USS John L. Williamson (DE-370)
  USS John L. Williamson was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.She was named in honor of...
  
  
• John M. Bermingham (DE-530)
  USS John M. Bermingham (DE-530)
  USS John M. Bermingham was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into dangerous North Atlantic Ocean waters to protect convoys and other ships from German submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• John P. Gray (DE-673)
• John Q. Roberts (DE-235)
• John R. Perry (DE-1034)
  USS John R. Perry (DE-1034)
  USS John R. Perry was a Claud Jones-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy.John R. Perry was laid down 1 October 1957 by Avondale Marine Ways, Avondale, Louisiana; launched 29 July 1958; sponsored by Mrs. John R. Perry, widow of Rear Admiral Perry; and commissioned 5 May 1959,...
  
  
• John Willis (DE-1027)
  USS John Willis (DE-1027)
  USS John Willis was a in the United States Navy. She was named for John Harlan Willis, a navy hospital corpsman who at Iwo Jima was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously....
  
  
• Johnnie Hutchins (DE-360)
  USS Johnnie Hutchins (DE-360)
  USS Johnnie Hutchins was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Jordan (DE-204)
  USS Jordan (DE-204)
  USS Jordan , a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Julian Bethune Jordan , who was killed in action aboard the during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941....
  
  
• Joseph E. Campbell (DE-70)
  USS Joseph E. Campbell (DE-70)
  USS Joseph E. Campbell , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Joseph Eugene Campbell , who was killed in action while engaging the enemy on 9 August 1942....
  
  
• Joseph E. Connolly (DE-450)
  USS Joseph E. Connolly (DE-450)
  USS Joseph E. Connolly was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war she proudly...
  
  
• Joseph Hewes (DE-1078)
• Joseph M. Auman (DE-674)
• Joyce (DE-317)
  USS Joyce (DE-317)
  USS Joyce was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Julius A. Raven (DE-600)
• Keith (DE-241)
  USS Keith (DE-241)
  USS Keith was an of the United States Navy named in honor of Ellis Judson Keith, Jr., who was killed in action on 11 June 1942, Seaman Keith was posthumously awarded the Air Medal....
  
  
• Kendall C. Campbell (DE-443)
  USS Kendall C. Campbell (DE-443)
  USS Kendall C. Campbell was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war she proudly returned home with four battle stars to...
  
  
• Kenneth D. Bailey (DE-552)
  USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DE-552)
  USS Kenneth D. Bailey was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed.The name Kenneth D. Bailey was assigned to DE-552 on 30 November 1943...
  
  
• Kenneth M. Willett (DE-354)
  USS Kenneth M. Willett (DE-354)
  USS Kenneth M. Willett was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket....
  
  
• Kephart (DE-207)
  USS Kephart (DE-207)
  USS Kephart was a in the United States Navy. She was named in honor of naval aviator Lieutenant William P. Kephart .-Launch and initial operations:...
  
  
• Keppler (DE-311)
  USS Keppler (DE-311)
  The first USS Keppler was a United States Navy planned to be built during World War II but never completed.Keppler was to have been built at Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California...
  
  
• Keppler (DE-375)
  USS Keppler (DE-375)
  The second USS Keppler was a proposed United States Navy that was never completed.Keppler was laid down at Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas, during World War II. However, her construction was cancelled on 6 January 1944 before she could be launched.The name Keppler was reassigned...
  
  
• Key (DE-348)
  USS Key (DE-348)
  USS Key was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Kingsmill (DE-280)
• Kinzer (DE-232)
• Kirk (DE-1087)
• Kirkpatrick (DE-318)
  USS Kirkpatrick (DE-318)
  USS Kirkpatrick was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war, she was converted to a radar picket...
  
  
• Kirwin (DE-229)
• Kleinsmith (DE-376)
  USS Kleinsmith (DE-376)
  The first USS Kleinsmith would have been a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship named for Chief Watertender Charles Kleinsmith , who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism during the Battle of Midway.The name Kleinsmith was assigned...
  
  
• Kleinsmith (DE-718)
  USS Kleinsmith (APD-134)
  USS Kleinsmith , ex-DE-718, was a for the United States Navy. She was named for Chief Watertender Charles Kleinsmith , who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism during the Battle of Midway....
  
  
• Kline (DE-687)
• Knox (DE-1052)
• Knudsen (DE-591)
• Koelsch (DE-1049)
  USS Koelsch (DE-1049)
  USS Koelsch was a Garcia-class destroyer escort, later reclassified as a frigate, in the United States Navy. She was named for Navy helicopter pilot Lt John Kelvin Koelsch, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the Korean War. On 3 July 1951, Koelsch and his crewman attempted to...
  
  
• Koiner (DE-331)
  USS Koiner (DE-331)
  USS Koiner was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war, she was loaned to the U.S...
  
  
• Kretchmer (DE-329)
  USS Kretchmer (DE-329)
  USS Kretchmer was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Kyne (DE-744)
  USS Kyne (DE-744)
  USS Kyne was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• La Prade (DE-409)
  USS La Prade (DE-409)
  USS La Prade was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket....
  
  
• Lake (DE-301)
  USS Lake (DE-301)
  USS Lake was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Lamons (DE-64)
• Lamons (DE-743)
  USS Lamons (DE-743)
  USS Lamons was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Lang (DE-1060)
• Laning (DE-159)
  USS Laning (DE-159)
  USS Laning was a in the United States Navy during World War II where she served in the North Atlantic Ocean, protecting Allied ships from German submarines and other threats. She also served in the Pacific Ocean with Underwater Demolition Teams...
  
  
• Lansing (DE-388)
  USS Lansing (DE-388)
  USS Lansing , an Edsall-class destroyer escort, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Aviation Machinist Mate First Class William Henry Lansing. Her keel was laid down on 15 May 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding of Houston, Texas. She was launched on 2 August 1943 sponsored by Mrs....
  
  
• Lawford (DE-516)
• Lawrence C. Taylor (DE-415)
  USS Lawrence C. Taylor (DE-415)
  USS Lawrence C. Taylor was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Lawson (DE-518)
• Le Ray Wilson (DE-414)
• Lee Fox (DE-65)
  USS Lee Fox (DE-65)
  USS Lee Fox , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Lee Fox , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, on 7 December 1941....
  
  
• LeHardy (DE-20)
  USS LeHardy (DE-20)
  USS LeHardy was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Leland E. Thomas (DE-420)
  USS Leland E. Thomas (DE-420)
  USS Leland E. Thomas was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Leopold (DE-319)
  USS Leopold (DE-319)
  The USS Leopold was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Ensign Robert Lawrence Leopold , she was the only U.S...
  
  
• Leslie L.B. Knox (DE-580)
  USS Leslie L.B. Knox (DE-580)
  USS Leslie L. B. Knox was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.Leslie L. B. Knox was laid down 7 November 1943 by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts; launched 8 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Louise Kennedy Knox, widow of...
  
  
• Lester (DE-1022)
  USS Lester (DE-1022)
  USS Lester was a , named after Fred Faulkner Lester, a Navy Medical Corpsman serving with the U.S. Marines during the battle of Okinawa, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his gallantry in rescuing a wounded Marine under fire....
  
  
• Levy (DE-162)
  USS Levy (DE-162)
  USS Levy was a , named in honor of Commodore Uriah P. Levy , a notable figure of the nineteenth-century Navy.The ship was laid down on 19 October 1942 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey, launched on 28 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Charles Mathoff, niece of...
  
  
• Lewis (DE-535)
  USS Lewis (DE-535)
  USS Lewis was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket....
  
  
• Liddle (DE-76)
  HMS Bligh (K467)
  HMS Bligh was a Buckley class Captains class frigate active during World War II. She was named after William Bligh, commander of at the Battle of Camperdown during the French Revolutionary War, and commander of the Bounty....
  
  
• Liddle (DE-206)
  USS Liddle (DE-206)
  USS Liddle , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Pharmacist's Mate Third Class William P. Liddle , who was killed in action, while serving with the 1st Marine Division, during the Battle of Guadalcanal on 19 August 1942...
  
  
• Lloyd (DE-209)
  USS Lloyd (DE-209)
  USS Lloyd , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign William R. Lloyd , who was killed in action while serving aboard the on 6 May 1942 during the Battle of Corregidor....
  
  
• Lloyd E. Acree (DE-356)
  USS Lloyd E. Acree (DE-356)
  USS Lloyd E. Acree was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket....
  
  
• Lloyd Thomas (DE-312)
  USS Lloyd Thomas (DE-312)
  The first USS Lloyd Thomas was a United States Navy proposed during World War II but never completed.Lloyd Thomas was laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California, on 23 August 1943. Her construction was cancelled on 13 March 1944.The name Lloyd Thomas was reassigned to destroyer...
  
  
• Lloyd Thomas (DE-374)
  USS Lloyd Thomas (DE-374)
  The second USS Lloyd Thomas was a proposed United States Navy that was never built.Lloyd Thomas was scheduled to be built at Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas, during World War II. However, her construction was cancelled on 6 June 1944.The name Lloyd Thomas was reassigned to...
  
  
• Lockwood (DE-1064)
• Loeser (DE-680)
  USS Loeser (DE-680)
  USS Loeser was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Arthur E. Loeser ....
  
  
• Loring (DE-520)
• Lough (DE-586)
  USS Lough (DE-586)
  USS Lough was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.Lough was laid down 8 December 1943 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts; launched 22 January 1944; sponsored by Miss Rose Anne Lough, sister of Ensign Lough; and commissioned at...
  
  
• Louis (DE-517)
• Lovelace (DE-198)
  USS Lovelace (DE-198)
  USS Lovelace was a in the United States Navy. She was named for naval aviator Donald Alexander Lovelace .Lovelace was laid down on 22 May 1943; launched on 4 July 1943 by Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia; sponsored by Mrs. Donald A. Lovelace, widow; and commissioned on 7 November 1943,...
  
  
• Lovering (DE-39)
  USS Lovering (DE-39)
  USS Lovering was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Lovering (DE-272)
• Lowe (DE-325)
  USS Lowe (DE-325)
  USS Lowe was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Loy (DE-160)
  USS Loy (DE-160)
  USS Loy , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Gunner's Mate Third Class Jackson Keith Loy , who was killed in action aboard the off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal on 12 November 1942...
  
  
• Lyman (DE-302)
  USS Lyman (DE-302)
  USS Lyman was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Mack (DE-358)
  USS Mack (DE-358)
  USS Mack was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.She was named in honor of Harold John...
  
  
• Major (DE-796)
  USS Major (DE-796)
  USS Major was a Buckley-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during the latter part of World War II. She served as an escort vessel, protecting Allied ships, both in the Atlantic Ocean, and later in the Pacific Ocean...
  
  
• Maloy (DE-791)
  USS Maloy (DE-791)
  USS Maloy , a , was the first and only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Thomas Joel Maloy, who served aboard the during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal...
  
  
• Manlove (DE-36)
  USS Manlove (DE-36)
  USS Manlove was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Manners (DE-523)
• Manning (DE-199)
  USS Manning (DE-199)
  USS Manning , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ordnanceman Milburn A. Manning , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941....
  
  
• Marchand (DE-249)
  USS Marchand (DE-249)
  USS Marchand was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Marocain (DE-109)
• Marsh (DE-699)
  USS Marsh (DE-699)
  USS Marsh was a of the United States Navy, named after Ensign Benjamin R. Marsh, Jr., USNR, who was killed on board the battleship during the attack on Pearl Harbor....
  
  
• Martin (DE-30)
  USS Martin (DE-30)
  USS Martin was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft....
  
  
• Martin H. Ray (DE-338)
  USS Martin H. Ray (DE-338)
  USS Martin H. Ray was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Lieutenant...
  
  
• Marts (DE-174)
  USS Marts (DE-174)
  USS Marts was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Marvin Shields (DE-1066)
• Mason (DE-529)
  USS Mason (DE-529)
  USS Mason , an Evarts-class destroyer escort, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named Mason, though DE-529 was the only one specifically named for Ensign Newton Henry Mason. The USS Mason was one of two US Navy ships with largely African-American crews in World War II. The other...
  
  
• Maurice J. Manuel (DE-351)
  USS Maurice J. Manuel (DE-351)
  USS Maurice J. Manuel was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.She was named after Maurice...
  
  
• McAnn (DE-73) - to Royal Navy as
• McAnn (DE-179)
  USS McAnn (DE-179)
  USS McAnn was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• McCandless (DE-1084)
• McClelland (DE-750)
  USS McClelland (DE-750)
  USS McClelland was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• McCloy (DE-1038)
• McConnell (DE-163)
  USS McConnell (DE-163)
  USS McConnell was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• McCoy Reynolds (DE-440)
  USS McCoy Reynolds (DE-440)
  USS McCoy Reynolds was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• McGinty (DE-365)
  USS McGinty (DE-365)
  The USS McGinty was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort. She was named for Sonarman Third Class Franklin Alexander McGinty, who was killed aboard the gunboat on 5 August 1943...
  
  
• McMorris (DE-1036)
• McNulty (DE-581)
  USS McNulty (DE-581)
  USS McNulty was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.McNulty was laid down 17 November 1943 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts; launched 8 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Helen K. McNulty; and commissioned 31 March 1944, Lt....
  
  
• Melvin R. Nawman (DE-416)
  USS Melvin R. Nawman (DE-416)
  USS Melvin R. Nawman was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Menges (DE-320)
  USS Menges (DE-320)
  The USS Menges was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Ensign Herbert Hugo Menges , she was the first U.S...
  
  
• Merrill (DE-392)
  USS Merrill (DE-392)
  USS Merrill was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Ensign Howard Deel...
  
  
• Metivier (DE-582)
  USS Metivier (DE-582)
  USS Metivier was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.Metivier was laid down by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts, 24 November 1943; launched 12 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph Metivier, mother of Coxswain Metivier; and...
  
  
• Meyerkord (DE-1058)
• Micka (DE-176)
  USS Micka (DE-176)
  USS Micka was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Miller (DE-1091)
• Mills (DE-383)
  USS Mills (DE-383)
  USS Mills was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Milton Lewis (DE-772)
  USS Milton Lewis (DE-772)
  USS Milton Lewis , ex-USS Rogers , was a United States Navy proposed during World War II but never completed.Milton Lewis was laid down as USS Rogers by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company at Tampa, Florida, on 23 August 1943...
  
  
• Mitchell (DE-43)
  USS Mitchell (DE-43)
  USS Mitchell was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Moinester (DE-1097)
• Moore (DE-240)
  USS Moore (DE-240)
  USS Moore was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Moorsom (DE-522)
• Mosley (DE-321)
  USS Mosley (DE-321)
  USS Mosley was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Mounsey (DE-524)
• Muir (DE-770)
  USS Muir (DE-770)
  USS Muir was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Myers (DE-595)
• Myles C. Fox (DE-546)
  USS Myles C. Fox (DE-546)
  USS Myles C. Fox was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed....
  
  
• Naifeh (DE-352)
  USS Naifeh (DE-352)
  USS Naifeh was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. It was named for Navy Lieutenant Alfred Naifeh who died when the USS Meredith sank during the Solomon Islands campaign of World War II. Lt. Naifeh was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal...
  
  
• Narborough (DE-570)
• Neal A. Scott (DE-769)
  USS Neal A. Scott (DE-769)
  USS Neal A. Scott was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Neuendorf (DE-200)
  USS Neuendorf (DE-200)
  USS Neuendorf , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Seaman First Class William Frederick Neuendorf , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941....
  
  
• Neunzer (DE-150)
  USS Neunzer (DE-150)
  USS Neunzer was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Newell (DE-322)
  USS Newell (DE-322)
  USS Newell was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post war, she served in various capacities before being...
  
  
• Newman (DE-205)
  USS Newman (DE-205)
  USS Newman , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Laxton Gail Newman , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart for his actions.Newman was laid down by the Charleston Navy Yard on 8 June 1943;...
  
  
• Oberrender (DE-344)
  USS Oberrender (DE-344)
  The USS Oberrender was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Lieutenant Commander Thomas Olin Oberrender, Jr., the engineering officer aboard the light cruiser USS Juneau who was killed when the ship was torpedoed and...
  
  
• O'Callahan (DE-1051)
  USS O'Callahan (DE-1051)
  USS O'Callahan was a U.S. Navy Garcia class destroyer escort, later reclassified as a frigate. She was named for Chaplain Lieutenant Commander Joseph T...
  
  
• Odum (DE-670)
• O'Flaherty (DE-340)
  USS O'Flaherty (DE-340)
  USS O'Flaherty was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. It was named after Ensign Frank Woodrow O'Flaherty , a pilot with the , who died during the Battle of Midway and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism".O'Flaherty was laid down by...
  
  
• Oliver Mitchell (DE-417)
  USS Oliver Mitchell (DE-417)
  USS Oliver Mitchell was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• O'Neill (DE-188)
  USS O'Neill (DE-188)
  USS O'Neill was a in the United States Navy. She was named for Ensign William Thomas O'Neill, Jr., killed on 7 December 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, while serving aboard ....
  
  
• O'Reilly (DE-330)
  USS O'Reilly (DE-330)
  USS O'Reilly was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. It served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.It was named in honor of Edward Joseph...
  
  
• Osberg (DE-538)
  USS Osberg (DE-538)
  USS Osberg was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.- Reactivated during Korean War...
  
  
• Osmus (DE-701)
  USS Osmus (DE-701)
  USS Osmus was a of the United States Navy, named for Wesley Frank Osmus, a Navy aviator posthumously awarded the Navy Cross after his TBD Devastator from USS was shot down during the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942...
  
  
• Osterhaus (DE-164)
  USS Osterhaus (DE-164)
  USS Osterhaus was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Oswald (DE-71)
  HMS Affleck (K462)
  HMS Affleck was a Captain class frigate which served during World War II. The ship was named after Sir Edmund Affleck, commander of HMS Bedford at the Moonlight Battle in 1780 during the American Revolutionary War....
  
  
• Oswald (DE-767)
  USS Oswald (DE-767)
  USS Oswald was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Oswald A. Powers (DE-542)
  USS Oswald A. Powers (DE-542)
  USS Oswald A. Powers was a United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort launched during World War II but never completed....
  
  
• O'Tool (DE-274)
• O'Toole (DE-527)
  USS O'Toole (DE-527)
  USS O'Toole was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into dangerous North Atlantic Ocean waters to protect convoys and other ships from German submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Otter (DE-210)
  USS Otter (DE-210)
  USS Otter , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Bethel V. Otter , who was killed in action on Corregidor on 6 May 1942....
  
  
• Otterstetter (DE-244)
  USS Otterstetter (DE-244)
  USS Otterstetter was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Seaman Second Class...
  
  
• Ouellett (DE-1077)
• Parks (DE-165)
  USS Parks (DE-165)
  USS Parks was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Parle (DE-708)
  USS Parle (DE-708)
  USS Parle , a of the United States Navy, was laid down on 8 January 1944 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company, in Bay City, Michigan. She was launched on 25 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Harry V. Parle, mother of Ensign John Joseph Parle, and commissioned in New Orleans on 29 July 1944, with...
  
  
• Pasley/Lindsay (DE-519)
• Patterson (DE-1061)
• Paul (DE-1080)
• Paul G. Baker (DE-642)
  USS Paul G. Baker (DE-642)
  USS Paul G. Baker was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Paul G. Baker , a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for heroism during the Battle of the Coral Sea.Paul G...
  
  
• Paul G. Baker (DE-755)
  USS Paul G. Baker (DE-755)
  USS Paul G. Baker was a United States Navy proposed during World War II but never completed.The construction contract for Paul G. Baker was cancelled in 1944 before she could be completed. The incomplete ship was scrapped....
  
  
• Pavlic (DE-669)
• Peiffer (DE-588)
  USS Peiffer (DE-588)
  USS Peiffer was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.Peiffer was laid down 21 December 1943 by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Mass.; launched 26 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Frank W. Peiffer, mother of Ensign Peiffer; and commissioned...
  
  
• Pennewill (DE-175)
  USS Pennewill (DE-175)
  USS Pennewill was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Peterson (DE-152)
  USS Peterson (DE-152)
  USS Peterson was an Edsall class destroyer escort, the first United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Chief Water Tender Oscar V...
  
  
• Pettit (DE-253)
  USS Pettit (DE-253)
  USS Pettit was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Pharris (DE-1094)
• Pillsbury (DE-133)
  USS Pillsbury (DE-133)
  USS Pillsbury was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She returned at war's end with five battle stars and a...
  
  
• Poole (DE-151)
  USS Poole (DE-151)
  USS Poole was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Pope (DE-134)
  USS Pope (DE-134)
  USS Pope was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Pratt (DE-363)
  USS Pratt (DE-363)
  USS Pratt was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket....
  
  
• Presley (DE-371)
  USS Presley (DE-371)
  USS Presley was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.She was named in honor of Aviation...
  
  
• Price (DE-332)
  USS Price (DE-332)
  USS Price was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Pride (DE-323)
  USS Pride (DE-323)
  USS Pride was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She returned home proudly at war’s end with three...
  
  
• Raby (DE-698)
  USS Raby (DE-698)
  USS Raby was a for the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral James Joseph Raby .Raby was laid down on 7 June 1943 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan, Rear Admiral Raby's home town. The ship was named Raby on 22 June 1943, and launched on 4 September 1943,...
  
  
• Rall (DE-304)
  USS Rall (DE-304)
  USS Rall was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Ramsden (DE-382)
  USS Ramsden (DE-382)
  USS Ramsden was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war, she performed other tasks with the...
  
  
• Rathburne (DE-1057)
• Ray K. Edwards (DE-237)
• Raymond (DE-341)
  USS Raymond (DE-341)
  USS Raymond was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The purpose of the destroyer escort was primarily to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Raymon W. Herndon (DE-688)
• Reasoner (DE-1063)
• Redmill (DE-89)
• Rednour (DE-592)
• Reeves (DE-156)
  USS Reeves (DE-156)
  USS Reeves was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Warrant Officer Thomas J. Reeves , who was killed in action, while serving aboard the battleship during the attack on Pearl Harbor...
  
  
• Register (DE-233)
• Retalick (DE-90)
• Reuben James (DE-153)
  USS Reuben James (DE-153)
  USS Reuben James was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was the second ship named for Reuben James, a Boatswain's Mate who distinguished himself fighting the Barbary pirates....
  
  
• Reybold (DE-177)
  USS Reybold (DE-177)
  USS Reybold was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Reybold (DE-275)
• Reynolds (DE-42)
  USS Reynolds (DE-42)
  USS Reynolds was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Rhodes (DE-384)
  USS Rhodes (DE-384)
  USS Rhodes was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Rich (DE-695)
  USS Rich (DE-695)
  USS Rich was a , the first United States Navy ship named in honor of Lieutenant Ralph M. Rich who was awarded the Navy Cross for his leadership as a fighter pilot off during the Battle of Midway.-Building and commissioning:...
  
  
• Richard M. Rowell (DE-403)
  USS Richard M. Rowell (DE-403)
  USS Richard M. Rowell was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the United States Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Richard S. Bull (DE-402)
  USS Richard S. Bull (DE-402)
  USS Richard S. Bull was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the United States Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.She was named in...
  
  
• Richard W. Suesens (DE-342)
  USS Richard W. Suesens (DE-342)
  USS Richard W. Suesens was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. It was named after Lieutenant Richard Wayne Suesens who died during the Battle of Midway and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism".Richard W...
  
  
• Richey (DE-385)
  USS Richey (DE-385)
  USS Richey was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of ensign Joseph Lee...
  
  
• Ricketts (DE-254)
  USS Ricketts (DE-254)
  USS Ricketts was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Riddle (DE-185)
  USS Riddle (DE-185)
  USS Riddle was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Riley (DE-579)
  USS Riley (DE-579)
  USS Riley was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II. She later transferred to the Republic of China Navy and served as Tai Yuan ....
  
  
• Rinehart (DE-196)
  USS Rinehart (DE-196)
  USS Rinehart was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Ringness (DE-590)
  USS Ringness (DE-590)
  USS Ringness was a high speed transport of the United States Navy named after Henry Raymond Ringness.-Construction and commissionig:...
  
  
• Riou (DE-92)
• Rizzi (DE-537)
  USS Rizzi (DE-537)
  USS Rizzi was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Rizzi was named in honor of Rosalio...
  
  
• Roark (DE-1053)
• Robert Brazier (DE-345)
  USS Robert Brazier (DE-345)
  USS Robert Brazier was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war, she returned home...
  
  
• Robert E. Peary (DE-132)
  USS Robert E. Peary (DE-132)
  USS Robert E. Peary was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Robert E. Peary (DE-1073)
• Robert F. Keller (DE-419)
  USS Robert F. Keller (DE-419)
  USS Robert F. Keller was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Robert F...
  
  
• Robert I. Paine (DE-578)
  USS Robert I. Paine (DE-578)
  USS Robert I. Paine , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Marine Corps Private Robert I. Paine , who was killed in action during the attack on Tulagi on 7 August 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star....
  
  
• Roberts (DE-749)
  USS Roberts (DE-749)
  USS Roberts was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war, she served as a training ship until finally decommissioned in 1968.She was named in honor of...
  
  
• Roche (DE-197)
  USS Roche (DE-197)
  USS Roche was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Ensign David John Roche , she was the only U.S...
  
  
• Rogers Blood (DE-555)
  USS Rogers Blood (DE-555)
  USS Rogers Blood was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed.Plans called for Rogers Blood to be built at the Boston Navy Yard at Boston, Massachusetts...
  
  
• Rogers Blood (DE-605)
• Rolf (DE-362)
  USS Rolf (DE-362)
  USS Rolf was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.USS Rolf was named in honor of Robert...
  
  
• Rombach (DE-364)
  USS Rombach (DE-364)
  USS Rombach was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Rombach was named after Severin Louis...
  
  
• Rowley (DE-95)
• Roy O. Hale (DE-336)
  USS Roy O. Hale (DE-336)
  USS Roy O. Hale was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Ruchamkin (DE-228)
• Rudderow (DE-224)
  USS Rudderow (DE-224)
  USS Rudderow was a United States Navy destroyer escort named after Thomas Wright Rudderow. Lead ship of her class, she was laid down on 15 July 1943 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, launched on 14 October 1943 and commissioned on 15 May 1944, Lieutenant-Commander Malcolm W...
  
  
• Runels (DE-793)
  USS Runels (DE-793)
  USS Runels was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Ensign Donald S. Runels , who was killed when his ship, was torpedoed and sunk during the Battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942.Runels was laid down on 7 June 1943 by the Consolidated Steel Corp.,...
  
  
• Rupert (DE-96)
• Russell M. Cox (DE-774)
  USS Russell M. Cox (DE-774)
  USS Russell M. Cox was a United States Navy proposed during World War II but never completed.Russell M. Cox was laid down by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company at Tampa, Florida, on 23 August 1943. The contract for her construction was canceled on 1 September 1944, and the incomplete ship was...
  
  
• Rutherford (DE-93)
• Sample (DE-1048)
• Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)
  USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)
  USS Samuel B. Roberts was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy.Samuel B. Roberts was part of the Battle off Samar, an unlikely victory in which relatively light U.S. warships prevented a superior Japanese force from attacking the amphibious invasion fleet off the large...
  
  
• Samuel S. Miles (DE-183)
  USS Samuel S. Miles (DE-183)
  USS Samuel S. Miles was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Sander (DE-273)
• Sanders (DE-40)
  USS Sanders (DE-40)
  USS Sanders was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent to the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other shipping from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft. She performed dangerous work in major battle areas and was awarded...
  
  
• Savage (DE-386)
  USS Savage (DE-386)
  USS Savage was an Edsall-class destroyer escort ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.She was laid down 30 April 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched 15 July 1943; and commissioned on 29 October 1943 manned by a Coast Guard crew under the command of...
  
  
• Schmitt (DE-676)
  USS Schmitt (DE-676)
  USS Schmitt was a in the United States Navy, named for Father Aloysius H. Schmitt.Schmitt was laid down on 22 February 1943 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts; launched on 29 May 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Buchheit; and commissioned on 24 July 1943, under the...
  
  
• Scott (DE-214)
  USS Scott (DE-214)
  USS Scott , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Machinist's Mate First Class Robert R. Scott USS Scott (DE-214), a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Machinist's Mate First Class Robert R. Scott USS Scott (DE-214), a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of...
  
  
• Scribner (DE-689)
• Scroggins (DE-799)
  USS Scroggins (DE-799)
  USS Scroggins was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Aviation Radioman Second Class Ted H. Scroggins ....
  
  
• Sederstrom (DE-31)
  USS Sederstrom (DE-31)
  USS Sederstrom was a of the United States Navy during World War II. She was promptly sent to the Pacific Ocean to escort convoys and to protect other ships from Japanese planes and submarines. Her assignments took her from one battle area to another, but she was fortunate in remaining almost...
  
  
• Seid (DE-256)
  USS Seid (DE-256)
  USS Seid was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Sellstrom (DE-255)
  USS Sellstrom (DE-255)
  USS Sellstrom was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Seymour (DE-98)
• Sheehan (DE-541)
  USS Sheehan (DE-541)
  USS Sheehan was a United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort launched during World War II but never completed.Sheehan was laid down at Boston Navy Yard at Boston, Massachusetts, on 8 November 1943 and launched on 17 December 1943, sponsored by Mrs...
  
  
• Shelton (DE-407)
  USS Shelton (DE-407)
  The USS Shelton was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Ensign James A. Shelton, , she was the first of two U.S...
  
  
• Silverstein (DE-534)
  USS Silverstein (DE-534)
  USS Silverstein was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket....
  
  
• Sims (DE-154)
  USS Sims (DE-154)
  USS Sims , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Admiral William Sowden Sims , who pushed for modernization of the navy. She is the second ship in the United States Navy to be named ....
  
  
• Slater (DE-766)
  USS Slater (DE-766)
  USS Slater is a Cannon-class destroyer escort that served in the United States Navy and later in the Hellenic Navy. The ship was named for Frank O. Slater of Alabama, a sailor killed on the USS San Francisco during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for...
  
  
• Sloat (DE-245)
  USS Sloat (DE-245)
  USS Sloat was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Smartt (DE-257)
  USS Smartt (DE-257)
  USS Smartt was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into dangerous North Atlantic Ocean waters to protect convoys and other ships from German submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Snowden (DE-246)
  USS Snowden (DE-246)
  USS Snowden was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Admiral Thomas Snowden ...
  
  
• Snyder (DE-745)
  USS Snyder (DE-745)
  USS Snyder was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Solar (DE-221)
  USS Solar (DE-221)
  USS Solar , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Boatswain's Mate First Class Adolfo Solar , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941....
  
  
• Somali (DE-111)
• Spangenberg (DE-223)
  USS Spangenberg (DE-223)
  USS Spangenberg , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Gunner's Mate Kenneth J. Spangenberg , who died as a result of wounds suffered during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, while serving aboard the heavy cruiser...
  
  
• Spangler (DE-696)
  USS Spangler (DE-696)
  USS Spangler was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Donald H. Spangler .Spangler was laid down on 28 April 1943 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan. She was launched on 15 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Myrtle Spangler; and commissioned on 31 October 1943,...
  
  
• Spragge (DE-563)
• Stadtfeld (DE-29)
  USS Stadtfeld (DE-29)
  USS Stadtfeld was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Stafford (DE-411)
  USS Stafford (DE-411)
  USS Stafford was a in the United States Navy. She was named after Richard Y. Stafford , a United States Marine Corps Captain who died during the Battle of Guadalcanal....
  
  
• Stanton (DE-247)
  USS Stanton (DE-247)
  USS Stanton was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Stayner (DE-564)
• Steele (DE-8)
  USS Steele (DE-8)
  USS Steele was an Evarts-class short-hull destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, named for Private John M. Steele, US Marines, killed during the Battle of the Coral Sea on 8 May 1942....
  
  
• Stein (DE-1065)
• Steinaker (DE-452)
  USS Steinaker (DE-452)
  The first USS Steinaker was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed....
  
  
• Stern (DE-187)
  USS Stern (DE-187)
  USS Stern was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She returned home at war's end with a three battle stars.She was named in honor of Charles M...
  
  
• Stewart (DE-238)
  USS Stewart (DE-238)
  USS Stewart is an Edsall class destroyer escort, the third United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Rear Admiral Charles Stewart , who commanded USS Constitution during the War of 1812. The Stewart is one of only two preserved U.S...
  
  
• Stockdale (DE-399)
  USS Stockdale (DE-399)
  USS Stockdale was an Edsall class destroyer escort, the second United States Navy ship so named.-Operational history:The second Stockdale was laid down by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas on 15 July 1942; launched on 22 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. L.C. Stockdale; and commissioned on 31...
  
  
• Stockham (DE-97)
• Straub (DE-77)
  HMS Braithwaite (K468)
  HMS Braithwaite was a Buckley class Captains class frigate during World War II. Named Capt. Samuel Braithwaite of .Originally destined for the US Navy HMS Braithwaite was provisionally given the name USS Straub however the delivery was diverted to the Royal Navy before the launch...
  
  
• Straub (DE-181)
  USS Straub (DE-181)
  USS Straub was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Straus (DE-408)
  USS Straus (DE-408)
  USS Straus was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war, she returned home proudly with three battle stars to her...
  
  
• Strickland (DE-333)
  USS Strickland (DE-333)
  USS Strickland was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war, she served the U.S. Navy in other tasks, including that of a...
  
  
• Sturtevant (DE-239)
  USS Sturtevant (DE-239)
  USS Sturtevant was an Edsall class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Albert D...
  
  
• Sutton (DE-286)
  USS Sutton (DE-286)
  USS Sutton was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.Sources differ on Suttons planned builder; plans called for either Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts or the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina to build her...
  
  
• Sutton (DE-771)
  USS Sutton (DE-771)
  USS Sutton was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Swasey (DE-248)
  USS Swasey (DE-248)
  USS Swasey was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Swearer (DE-186)
  USS Swearer (DE-186)
  USS Swearer was a in the United States Navy during World War II. She was later transferred to the French Navy as Bambara.Swearer was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newark, New Jersey on 12 August 1943, launched on 31 October 1943, and commissioned on 23 November...
  
  
• Swenning (DE-394)
  USS Swenning (DE-394)
  USS Swenning was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Tabberer (DE-418)
  USS Tabberer (DE-418)
  The USS Tabberer was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Tatum (DE-789)
  USS Tatum (DE-789)
  USS Tatum was a of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Lawrence A. Tatum .Tatum was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corp. on 22 April 1943; launched on 7 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Cecile Cofield Tatum, and commissioned on 22 November 1943, Lt. Comdr. William C. D...
  
  
• Taussig (DE-1030)
  USS Joseph K. Taussig (DE-1030)
  USS Joseph K. Taussig was a in the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral Joseph Taussig. The Joseph K. Taussig was laid down 3 January 1956 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey; launched 9 March 1957; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph K. Taussig, widow of Vice Admiral...
  
  
• Thaddeus Parker (DE-369)
  USS Thaddeus Parker (DE-369)
  USS Thaddeus Parker was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Thomas (DE-102)
  USS Thomas (DE-102)
  USS Thomas was the second United States Navy ship to be named after Clarence Crase Thomas.The second USS Thomas was a Cannon class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II...
  
  
• Thomas C. Hart (DE-1092)
• Thomas F. Nickel (DE-587)
  USS Thomas F. Nickel (DE-587)
  USS Thomas F. Nickel was a of the United States Navy named in honor of Private Thomas F. Nickel, United States Marine Corps, who was killed in the Pacific War in 1942 and posthumously awarded a Silver Star....
  
  
• Thomas J. Gary (DE-61)
  HMS Duckworth (K351)
  -Service:HMS Duckworth was a Captain class frigate of the Royal Navy. Built in Massachusetts USA, she was launched on 1 May 1943 as USS Gary in honor of Thomas J. Gary, a Texan who died in the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Gary was transferred to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease on 4 August 1943...
  
  
• Thomason (DE-203)
  USS Thomason (DE-203)
  USS Thomason was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of Marine Raider Sergeant Clyde A...
  
  
• Thornborough (DE-565)
• Thornhill (DE-195)
  USS Thornhill (DE-195)
  USS Thornhill was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Tills (DE-748)
  USS Tills (DE-748)
  USS Tills was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Tinsman (DE-589)
  USS Tinsman (DE-589)
  USS Tinsman was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.Tinsman was laid down by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts, on 21 December 1943; launched on 26 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. James Corley, sister of Seaman Tinsman; and commissioned...
  
  
• Tisdale (DE-33)
  USS Tisdale (DE-33)
  USS Tisdale was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Tisdale (DE-278)
• to DE-300 cancelled DE-291
• Tollberg (DE-593)
• Tomich (DE-242)
  USS Tomich (DE-242)
  USS Tomich was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Torrington (DE-568)
• Torrington (DE-569)
• Traw (DE-350)
  USS Traw (DE-350)
  USS Traw was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket....
  
  
• Trippe (DE-1075)
• Trollope (DE-566)
• Truett (DE-1095)
• Trumpeter (DE-180)
  USS Trumpeter (DE-180)
  USS Trumpeter was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Trumpeter (DE-279)
• Truxtun (DE-282)
• Tweedy (DE-532)
  USS Tweedy (DE-532)
  USS Tweedy was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Tweedy was named in honor of Albert...
  
  
• Tyler (DE-567)
• Ulvert M. Moore (DE-442)
  USS Ulvert M. Moore (DE-442)
  USS Ulvert M. Moore was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• Underhill (DE-682)
  USS Underhill (DE-682)
  USS Underhill , a , was named in honor of Ensign Samuel Underhill, a naval aviator of the United States Navy who was killed in action during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Her keel was laid down on 16 September 1943 by the Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts. She...
  
  
• Upham (DE-283)
• Valdez (DE-1096)
• Vammen (DE-644)
  USS Vammen (DE-644)
  USS Vammen was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Ensign Clarence E. Vammen, Jr. , a naval aviator who died in the Battle of Midway....
  
  
• Van Hoorhis (DE-1028)
• Vance (DE-387)
  USS Vance (DE-387)
  USS Vance was an Edsall class destroyer escort, named after Joseph Williams Vance, Jr.-History:Vance was laid down on 30 April 1943 at Houston, Tex., by the Brown Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 16 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph W. Vance, mother of the late Lt. Vance; and commissioned on 1...
  
  
• Vandivier (DE-540)
• Varian (DE-798)
  USS Varian (DE-798)
  USS Varian was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Ensign Bertram S. Varian, Jr. , a naval aviator who was killed in action in the Battle of Midway....
  
  
• Voge (DE-1047)
  USS Voge (DE-1047)
  The USS Voge , a of the US Navy named after Richard George Voge, was laid down on 21 November 1963 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan. She was launched on 4 February 1965, sponsored by Mrs. Alice Voge Oetting, widow of Rear Admiral Voge; and commissioned at the Boston Naval...
  
  
• Vreeland (DE-1068)
• Wagner (DE-539)
  USS Wagner (DE-539)
  USS Wagner was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Wagner was laid down on 8 November...
  
  
• Walsh (DE-601)
• Walter B. Cobb (DE-596)
• Walter C. Wann (DE-412)
  USS Walter C. Wann (DE-412)
  USS Walter C. Wann was a John C. Butler class destroyer escort built by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas. She was launched on 19 January 1944. The ship was sponsored by Mrs. Anna Wann, the mother of Pharmacist’s Mate Wann, the ship's namesake. She was commissioned on 2 May 1944 with Lt....
  
  
• Walter S. Brown (DE-258)
• Walter S. Gorka (DE-604)
• Walter X. Young (DE-715)
  USS Walter X. Young (APD-131)
  USS Walter X. Young was a ship of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Walter X. Young , an officer of the United States Marine Corps who was killed in action during the Battle of Guadalcanal....
  
  
• Walter X. Young (DE-723)
  USS Walter X. Young (DE-723)
  USS Walter X. Young was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.The name Walter X. Young was approved for DE-723 on 7 February 1944. Plans called for her to be built by the Dravo Corporation at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
  
  
• Walton (DE-361)
  USS Walton (DE-361)
  USS Walton was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. It was named after Merrit Cecil Walton, a Marine Corps platoon sergeant with the U.S...
  
  
• Wantuck (DE-692)
• Waterman (DE-740)
  USS Waterman (DE-740)
  USS Waterman was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Weaver (DE-741)
  USS Weaver (DE-741)
  USS Weaver was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Weber (DE-675)
  USS Weber (DE-675)
  USS Weber was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Ensign Frederick T. Weber , a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for heroism during the Battle of Midway....
  
  
• Weeden (DE-797)
  USS Weeden (DE-797)
  USS Weeden was a in the United States Navy. She was named for Ensign Carl A. Weeden , who was killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor....
  
  
• Weekes (DE-284)
• Weiss (DE-378)
  USS Weiss (DE-378)
  The first USS Weiss , was John C. Butler-class destroyer escort proposed for construction during World War II but never completed....
  
  
• Weiss (DE-719)
  USS Weiss (APD-135)
  The second USS Weiss was a , the second ship of the United States Navy to be assigned the name Weiss, after Marine sergeant Carl W...
  
  
• Wesson (DE-184)
  USS Wesson (DE-184)
  USS Wesson was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys...
  
  
• Whipple (DE-1062)
• Whitaker (DE-571)
• Whitehurst (DE-634)
  USS Whitehurst (DE-634)
  USS Whitehurst , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Henry Purefoy Whitehurst, Jr. Ensign Whitehurst was a crew member of the when he was killed while his ship participated in the Battle of Savo Island off Guadalcanal in August 1942.-Initial operations:Whitehurst was laid down on...
  
  
• Whitman (DE-24)
  USS Whitman (DE-24)
  USS Whitman was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Wileman (DE-22)
  USS Wileman (DE-22)
  USS Wileman was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Wilhoite (DE-397)
  USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  USS Wilhoite was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Willard Keith (DE-754)
  USS Willard Keith (DE-754)
  The first USS Willard Keith was a United States Navy proposed during World War II but never completed.Willard Keith was laid down by the Western Pipe and Steel Company at San Pedro, California, on 14 September 1943. Her construction was cancelled on 2 October 1943 before she could be launched...
  
  
• William C. Cole (DE-641)
  USS William C. Cole (DE-641)
  USS William C. Cole was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Vice Admiral William C. Cole .William C. Cole was laid down on 5 September 1943 at San Francisco, California, by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 29 December 1943; sponsored by Mrs. William C. Cole, the widow of Adm...
  
  
• William C. Lawe (DE-313)
  USS William C. Lawe (DE-313)
  The first USS William C. Lawe was a United States Navy proposed during World War II. She was never completed.William C. Lawe was laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California, on 22 January 1944. Her construction was cancelled on 13 March 1944.The name William C. Lawe was reassigned...
  
  
• William C. Lawe (DE-373)
  USS William C. Lawe (DE-373)
  The second USS William C. Lawe was a proposed United States Navy that was never built.William C. Lawe was scheduled to be built at Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas, during World War II. However, her construction was cancelled on 6 June 1944.The name William C. Lawe was reassigned...
  
  
• William C. Miller (DE-259)
  USS William C. Miller (DE-259)
  USS William C. Miller was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• William J. Patterson (DE-594)
• William Keith (DE-314)
• William M. Hobby (DE-236)
• William M. Wood (DE-287)
  USS William M. Wood (DE-287)
  USS William M. Wood was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.Sources differ on William M. Woods planned builder; plans called for either Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts or the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina to...
  
  
• William M. Wood (DE-557)
  USS William M. Wood (DE-557)
  USS William M. Wood was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never built....
  
  
• William R. Rush (DE-288)
  USS William R. Rush (DE-288)
  USS William R. Rush was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.Sources differ on William R. Rushs planned builder; plans called for either Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts or the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina to...
  
  
• William R. Rush (DE-556)
  USS William R. Rush (DE-556)
  USS William R. Rush was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed....
  
  
• William S. Sims (DE-1059)
• William Seiverling (DE-441)
  USS William Seiverling (DE-441)
  USS William Seiverling was a acquired by the United States Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket...
  
  
• William T. Powell (DE-213)
  USS William T. Powell (DE-213)
  USS William T. Powell , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Gunner's Mate William T. Powell , who was killed in action, aboard the heavy cruiser off Guadalcanal on 12 November 1942....
  
  
• Williams (DE-290)
  USS Williams (DE-290)
  USS Williams was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.Sources differ on Williamss planned builder; plans called for either Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts or the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina to build her...
  
  
• Williams (DE-372)
  USS Williams (DE-372)
  USS Williams was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket....
  
  
• Willis (DE-395)
  USS Willis (DE-395)
  USS Willis is an , the first United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Ensign Walter Michael Willis . He enlisted in the Naval Reserve as a seaman 2d class at Minneapolis. Willis received an appointment as reserve aviation cadet on 22 December 1939...
  
  
• Willmarth (DE-638)
  USS Willmarth (DE-638)
  USS Willmarth , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Kenneth Willmarth , who was killed in action when the cruiser was sunk during the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942....
  
  
• Wingfield (DE-194)
  USS Wingfield (DE-194)
  USS Wingfield was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
  
  
• Wintle (DE-25)
  USS Wintle (DE-25)
  USS Wintle was an constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Wintle (DE-266)
• Wiseman (DE-667)
  USS Wiseman (DE-667)
  USS Wiseman was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Osborne B. Wiseman , a naval aviator who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism in the Battle of Midway....
  
  
• Witter (DE-636)
  USS Witter (DE-636)
  USS Witter , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Jean C. Witter , who was killed in action aboard the heavy cruiser during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on the night of 12 November to 13 November 1942....
  
  
• Woodrow R. Thompson (DE-451)
  USS Woodrow R. Thompson (DE-451)
  The first USS Woodrow R. Thompson was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed....
  
  
• Woodson (DE-359)
  USS Woodson (DE-359)
  USS Woodson was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the United States Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Woodson was named in honor...
  
  
• Wyffels (DE-6)
  USS Wyffels (DE-6)
  USS Wyffels was a in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lawrence Edward Wyffels.Intended for transfer to Great Britain, Wyffels was laid down as BDE-6 on 17 October 1942 at Charlestown, Massachusetts, by the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 7 December 1942; retained by...
  
  
• Wyman (DE-38)
  USS Wyman (DE-38)
  USS Wyman was an of the United States Navy during World War II. She was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft...
  
  
• Yokes (DE-668)

Guided Missile Destroyer Escort

• (DEG-1) Brooke
• (DEG-2) Ramsey
• (DEG-3) Schofield
• (DEG-4) Talbot
• (DEG-5) Richard L. Page
• (DEG-6) Julius A. Furer
• DEG-7 through 13 were paid for by the United States Navy, and built for Portugal
  Portugal
  Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
  
  . When the ships were redesignated FFG, a patrol frigate design would be re-designated the FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
  Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
  The Oliver Hazard Perry class is a class of frigates named after the American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the naval Battle of Lake Erie...
  
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See also

• Captain class frigate
  Captain class frigate
  The Captain class were 78 frigates of the Royal Navy, constructed in the United States, launched in 1942–1943 and delivered to the United Kingdom under the provisions of Lend-Lease. They served in World War II as convoy escorts, anti-submarine warfare vessels and coastal forces control frigates...
  
   Captain class was the name the Royal Navy
  Royal Navy
  The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
  
   gave to Destroyer escorts.
• List of frigate classes
• List of frigates of the United States Navy subset of above with hull numbers DE/FF 1037 and higher plus all DEG/FFGs because of the United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification
  United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification
  The United States Navy reclassified many of its surface vessels in 1975, changing terminology and hull classification symbols for cruisers, frigates, and ocean escorts.- Classification prior to 1975 :...
  
  
• Modern naval tactics
  Modern naval tactics
  The term modern naval tactics refers to tactical doctrines developed after World War II, following the final obsolescence of the battleship and the development of long-range missiles. Since there has been no major naval conflict since World War II, with the exception of the Falklands War, many of...
  
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External links

• http://www.desausa.org/ Destroyer Escort Sailors Association (DESA).
• http://www.ussslater.org/ USS Slater, the Destroyer Escort Historical Museum.
• Destroyer Escort Slater Photos on board the Destroyer Escort USS Slater DE-766
• WWII Destroyer Escort Photos Photos of life on board the Destroyer Escort USS Bangust DE-739 in World War II
  World War II
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
  
  
• http://www.captainclassfrigates.co.uk/ the Captain Class Frigates Association.
• http://www.uboat.net/