History of Destroyer Escorts
Destroyer escorts (DEs) were small warships built by the United States and its allies during World War II (WWII). They mostly guarded convoys of merchant ships and warships from enemy vessels, but also supplied some protection against enemy planes. Before DEs, many merchant ships were targets for German and Japanese submarines.
The U.S. Navy launched the first destroyer escorts in 1943. They were faster and easier to build than bigger destroyers. In total, the Navy commissioned over 500 DEs by the end of the war. They had guns, depth charges and sonar to hunt submarines.
During WWII, destroyer escorts formed hunter-killer groups that tracked down and sank enemy submarines. They played a pivotal role in winning the Battle of the Atlantic. One DE, the USS England, sank six Japanese submarines in 12 days in 1944.
After the war, the Navy retired many DEs, sold them to allied navies or converted them for other uses. Some still served during the Korean War and later in the Cold War. Some destroyer escorts were later reclassified as DER (Radar Picket) or DEG (Guided Missile) ships. By the mid-1960s, the Navy had removed most WWII-era destroyer escorts from active duty.
The USS Parle was the last to serve. The Navy decommissioned the vessel in 1970. Today, two DEs still exist as museum ships: the USS Slater in Albany, New York, and the USS Stewart in Galveston, Texas.
Many destroyer escorts had asbestos on board. Shipbuilders used the mineral for insulation and fireproofing. As a result, many sailors on DEs came into contact with asbestos, which could later cause serious health problems.
Destroyer Escorts’ History at a Glance
- Other Names/Classes: Buckley, Cannon, Claud Jones, Dealey, Edsall, Evarts, John C. Butler, Rudderow
- Years of Operation: 1943 – 1970
- Wartime Operations: Cold War, Korean War, Vietnam War, World War II (WWII)
- Size of Crew: Roughly 200 people
- Size of Ship: About 300 to 306 feet long
- Noteworthy Ships: USS Dennis, USS John C. Butler, USS Raymond, USS Samuel B. Roberts, USS Slater
Notable Destroyer Escorts
Destroyer escorts were an important part of the U.S. Navy’s fleet. They helped protect larger ships and merchant convoys during major wars. Like most naval ships, these vessels used asbestos products to protect against heat and fire, which put many sailors at risk.
These ships often carried large crews and operated in active war zones. Some became known for their specific missions and service records, including the USS Samuel B. Roberts and the USS Slater.
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)
The USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort commissioned in 1944. During its service, the ship carried about 215 crew members and operated out of places like Boston, Pearl Harbor and the Panama Canal. For its actions, it earned one battle star and a Presidential Unit Citation.
The ship became well-known for its role in the Battle of Samar during WWII. In October 1944, the ship joined other destroyers and DEs to defend American escort carriers from a much larger Japanese force. Outnumbered and outgunned, the USS Samuel B. Roberts took the lead and protected the fleet. Its actions helped stop the attack but left the ship damaged.
The Roberts eventually sank, but the Battle of Samar earned it the nickname “the destroyer escort that fought like a battleship.” It is still seen as one of the most notable stands in naval history and is studied at military schools today.
Like many ships from this period, the USS Samuel B. Roberts likely contained large quantities of asbestos. Shipbuilders often used the mineral in insulation around boiler rooms, engine spaces and steam lines.
USS Slater (DE-766)
The USS Slater (DE-766) is a Cannon-class destroyer escort launched in 1944. The Navy built it to guard convoys from enemy submarines in the Atlantic. During its service, the ship carried about 216 crew members and took on missions in Key West, San Diego and many other locations. The Navy decommissioned the USS Slater in May 1947.
In 2012, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) named it a National Historic Landmark. Today, the USS Slater is fully restored and serves as a floating museum in Albany, New York. Visitors can walk through its passageways and learn about its naval service.
The Navy used asbestos in many shipbuilding and repair jobs. The USS Slater likely contained the mineral as well. This widespread use on ships may have caused significant asbestos exposure for sailors and shipyard workers.
Complete List of Destroyer Escorts
In late 1941, the U.S. Navy had more than 500 destroyer escorts made across six different classes. Shipbuilders used asbestos-based products on each to help protect against fires and overheating. The table below is a complete list of destroyer escorts.
| Name |
Hull |
Class |
Commissioned |
Fate |
| USS Abercrombie |
DE-343 |
John C. Butler |
5/1/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1968 |
| USS Acree |
DE-167 |
Cannon |
7/19/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Ahrens |
DE-575 |
Buckley |
2/12/1944 |
Scrapped, 1967 |
| USS Ainsworth |
DE-1090 |
Knox |
3/31/1973 |
To Turkey |
| USS Albert David |
DE-1050 |
Garcia |
10/19/1968 |
To Brazil, 2001 |
| USS Albert T. Harris |
DE-447 |
John C. Butler |
11/29/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1969 |
| USS Alexander J. Luke |
DE-577 |
|
2/19/1944 |
Sunk, 1970 |
| USS Alger |
DE-101 |
Cannon |
11/12/1943 |
To Brazil, 1945 |
| USS Alvin C. Cockrell |
DE-366 |
John C. Butler |
10/7/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1969 |
| USS Alwyn |
DE-1081 |
Knox |
9/18/1971 |
To Taiwan, 1998 |
| USS Amesbury |
DE-66 |
Buckley |
8/30/1943 |
Scrapped, 1962 |
| USS Amick |
DE-168 |
Cannon |
7/26/1943 |
To Japan, 1955 |
| USS Andres |
DE-45 |
Evarts |
3/15/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Arthur L. Bristol |
DE-281 |
Crosley |
6/25/1945 |
Scrapped, 1965 |
| USS Atherton |
DE-169 |
Cannon |
8/29/1943 |
To Japan, 1955 |
| USS Austin |
DE-15 |
|
2/13/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Badger |
DE-1071 |
Knox |
12/1/1970 |
Sunk as Target, 1998 |
| USS Bagley |
DE-1069 |
Knox |
5/6/1972 |
Recycled, 2000 |
| USS Baker |
DE-190 |
Cannon |
12/23/1943 |
To France, 1952 |
| USS Balduck |
DE-716 |
Crosley |
5/7/1945 |
Scrapped, 1976 |
| USS Bangust |
DE-739 |
Cannon |
10/30/1943 |
To Peru, 1952 |
| USS Barber |
DE-161 |
Buckley |
10/10/1943 |
To Mexico, 1969 |
| USS Barbey |
DE-1088 |
Knox |
11/11/1972 |
To Taiwan, 1999 |
| USS Baron |
DE-166 |
Cannon |
7/5/1943 |
To Uruguay, 1952 |
| USS Barr |
DE-576 |
Buckley |
2/16/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1963 |
| USS Bassett |
DE-672 |
Charles Lawrence |
2/23/1945 |
To Colombia, 1969 |
| USS Bates |
DE-68 |
Buckley |
9/13/1943 |
Sunk by Enemy, 1945 |
| USS Bauer |
DE-1025 |
Dealey |
11/21/1957 |
Sold for Scrap |
| USS Bebas |
DE-10 |
|
5/15/1943 |
|
| USS Begor |
DE-711 |
Crosley |
3/14/1945 |
Scrapped, 1976 |
| USS Belet |
DE-599 |
Rudderow |
6/15/1945 |
To Mexico, 1963 |
| USS Beverly W. Reid |
DE-722 |
Crosley |
6/25/1945 |
Scrapped, 1975 |
| USS Bivin |
DE-536 |
|
10/31/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1969 |
| USS Blair |
DE-147 |
Edsall |
9/13/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Blakely |
DE-1072 |
Knox |
7/18/1970 |
Scrapped, 2000 |
| USS Blessman |
DE-69 |
Buckley |
9/19/1943 |
To Taiwan, 1967 |
| USS Booth |
DE-170 |
Cannon |
9/19/1943 |
To Philippines, 1967 |
| USS Borum |
DE-790 |
|
11/30/1943 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Bostwick |
DE-103 |
Cannon |
12/1/1943 |
To China, 1948 |
| USS Bowen |
DE-1079 |
Knox |
5/22/1971 |
To Turkey |
| USS Bowers |
DE-637 |
|
1/27/1944 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Brackett |
DE-41 |
|
10/18/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Bradley |
DE-1041 |
Garcia |
5/15/1965 |
To Brazil |
| USS Bray |
DE-709 |
Crosley |
9/4/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1963 |
| USS Breeman |
DE-104 |
Cannon |
12/12/1943 |
To China, 1948 |
| USS Brennan |
DE-13 |
Evarts |
1/20/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Brewton |
DE-1086 |
|
7/8/1972 |
To Taiwan, 1999 |
| USS Bridget |
DE-1024 |
Dealey |
10/24/1957 |
Sold for Scrap |
| USS Bright |
DE-747 |
Cannon |
6/30/1944 |
To France, 1950 |
| USS Brister |
DE-327 |
|
11/30/1943 |
Uncertain |
| USS Brock |
DE-234 |
Crosley |
2/9/1945 |
To Colombia, 1962 |
| USS Bronstein |
DE-1037 |
Bronstein |
6/16/1963 |
To Mexico, 1993 |
| USS Bronstein |
DE-189 |
Cannon |
12/13/1943 |
To Uruguay, 1952 |
| USS Brooke |
DEG-1 |
Brooke |
3/12/1966 |
To Maritime Admin, 1994 |
| USS Brough |
DE-148 |
Edsall |
9/18/1943 |
Scrapped, 1967 |
| USS Brumby |
DE-1044 |
Garcia |
8/5/1965 |
To Maritime Admin, 1994 |
| USS Buckley |
DE-51 |
Buckley |
4/30/1943 |
Scrapped, 1969 |
| USS Bull |
DE-52 |
|
5/19/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Bull |
DE-693 |
Buckley |
8/12/1943 |
To Taiwan, 1966 |
| USS Bunch |
DE-694 |
Buckley |
8/21/1943 |
Scrapped, 1965 |
| USS Burdo |
DE-717 |
Crosley |
6/2/1945 |
Scrapped, 1967 |
| USS Burke |
DE-215 |
Buckley |
7/20/1943 |
To Colombia, 1968 |
| USS Burrows |
DE-105 |
Cannon |
12/19/1943 |
To Netherlands, 1950 |
| USS Cabana |
DE-260 |
|
7/9/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Calcaterra |
DE-390 |
Edsall |
11/17/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Camp |
DE-251 |
Edsall |
9/16/1943 |
To South Vietnam, 1971 |
| USS Canfield |
DE-262 |
Evarts |
7/22/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Cannon |
DE-99 |
Cannon |
9/26/1943 |
To Brazil |
| USS Capodanno |
DE-1093 |
|
11/17/1973 |
To Turkey |
| USS Carlson |
DE-9 |
Evarts |
5/10/1943 |
Sold, 1946 |
| USS Carpellotti |
DE-720 |
Crosley |
7/30/1945 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Carroll |
DE-171 |
Cannon |
10/24/1943 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Carter |
DE-112 |
Cannon |
5/3/1944 |
To China, 1948 |
| USS Cates |
DE-763 |
Cannon |
12/15/1943 |
To France, 1950 |
| USS Cavallaro |
DE-712 |
Crosley |
3/13/1945 |
To South Korea, 1959 |
| USS Cecil J. Doyle |
DE-368 |
John C. Butler |
10/16/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1967 |
| USS Chaffee |
DE-230 |
Rudderow |
5/9/1944 |
Unknown |
| USS Chambers |
DE-391 |
Edsall |
11/22/1943 |
Scrapped, 1975 |
| USS Charles E. Brannon |
DE-446 |
|
11/1/1944 |
Scrapped, 1969 |
| USS Charles J. Kimmel |
DE-584 |
Rudderow |
4/20/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1969 |
| USS Charles Lawrence |
DE-53 |
Buckley |
5/31/1943 |
Scrapped, 1965 |
| USS Chase |
DE-158 |
Buckley |
7/18/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Chatelain |
DE-149 |
Edsall |
9/22/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Chester T. O’Brien |
DE-421 |
|
7/3/1944 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Christopher |
DE-100 |
Cannon |
10/23/1943 |
To Brazil, 1944 |
| USS Clarence L. Evans |
DE-113 |
Cannon |
6/25/1944 |
To France, 1952 |
| USS Claud Jones |
DE-1033 |
Claud Jones |
2/10/1959 |
To Indonesia, 1974 |
| USS Cloues |
DE-265 |
|
8/10/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Coates |
DE-685 |
Rudderow |
1/24/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1971 |
| USS Cockrill |
DE-398 |
Edsall |
12/24/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1974 |
| USS Cofer |
DE-208 |
Buckley |
1/19/1944 |
Scrapped, 1968 |
| USS Coffman |
DE-191 |
Cannon |
12/27/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Conklin |
DE-439 |
|
4/21/1944 |
Scrapped, 1972 |
| USS Connole |
DE-1056 |
Knox |
8/30/1969 |
To Greece, 1992 |
| USS Connolly |
DE-306 |
|
7/8/1944 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Cook |
DE-714 |
Crosley |
4/25/1945 |
Scrapped, 1970 |
| USS Cook |
DE-1083 |
Knox |
12/18/1971 |
To Taiwan, 1999 |
| USS Coolbaugh |
DE-217 |
Buckley |
10/15/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Cooner |
DE-172 |
Cannon |
8/21/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Corbesier |
DE-438 |
|
3/31/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Courtney |
DE-1021 |
Dealey |
9/24/1956 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Cread |
DE-227 |
|
7/29/1945 |
Scrapped, 1961 |
| USS Cromwell |
DE-1014 |
Dealey |
11/24/1954 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Cronin |
DE-704 |
Buckley |
5/5/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1971 |
| USS Crosley |
DE-226 |
|
10/22/1944 |
To Ecuador |
| USS Cross |
DE-448 |
|
1/8/1945 |
Scrapped, 1968 |
| USS Crouter |
DE-11 |
|
5/25/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Crowley |
DE-303 |
|
3/25/1944 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Currier |
DE-700 |
Buckley |
2/1/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1967 |
| USS Dale W. Peterson |
DE-337 |
Edsall |
2/17/1944 |
Scrapped, 1972 |
| USS Damon M. Cummings |
DE-643 |
|
6/29/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Daniel |
DE-335 |
Edsall |
1/24/1944 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Daniel A. Joy |
DE-585 |
Rudderow |
4/28/1944 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Daniel T. Griffin |
DE-54 |
Buckley |
6/9/1943 |
To Chile, 1966 |
| USS Darby |
DE-218 |
Buckley |
11/15/1943 |
Sunk, 1970 |
| USS Davidson |
DE-1045 |
Garcia |
12/1/1965 |
To Brazil |
| USS Day |
DE-225 |
Rudderow |
6/10/1944 |
Unknown |
| USS De Long |
DE-684 |
Rudderow |
12/31/1943 |
Sunk, 1970 |
| USS De Long |
DE-684 |
Rudderow |
12/31/1943 |
Sunk, 1970 |
| USS Dealey |
DE-1006 |
Dealey |
6/3/1954 |
To Uruguay |
| USS Decker |
DE-47 |
Evarts |
5/3/1943 |
To China, 1945 |
| USS Deede |
DE-263 |
|
7/29/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Dempsey |
DE-26 |
|
7/24/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Dennis |
DE-405 |
John C. Butler |
3/20/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Diachenko |
DE-690 |
|
12/8/1944 |
Scrapped, 1975 |
| USS Dionne |
DE-261 |
|
7/16/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Dobler |
DE-48 |
Evarts |
5/17/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Doherty |
DE-14 |
Evarts |
2/6/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Don O. Woods |
DE-721 |
Rudderow |
5/28/1945 |
To Mexico, 1963 |
| USS Donald B. Beary |
DE-1085 |
|
7/22/1972 |
To Turkey, 2002 |
| USS Donald W. Wolf |
DE-713 |
Crosley |
4/14/1945 |
To China, 1965 |
| USS Donaldson |
DE-55 |
|
6/18/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Donaldson |
DE-44 |
|
12/1/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Doneff |
DE-49 |
|
6/10/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Donnell |
DE-56 |
Buckley |
6/26/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Douglas A. Munro |
DE-422 |
John C. Butler |
7/11/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1966 |
| USS Douglas L. Howard |
DE-138 |
Edsall |
7/29/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Downes |
DE-1070 |
Knox |
8/28/1971 |
Disposed, 2003 |
| USS Doyle C. Barnes |
DE-353 |
John C. Butler |
7/13/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Drury |
DE-46 |
Captain |
4/12/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Duffy |
DE-27 |
Evarts |
8/5/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Dufilho |
DE-423 |
John C. Butler |
7/21/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Durant |
DE-389 |
Edsall |
11/16/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Durant |
DE-389 |
Edsall |
11/16/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Durik |
DE-666 |
|
3/24/1944 |
Scrapped, 1967 |
| USS Earhart |
DE-603 |
Rudderow |
7/26/1945 |
To Mexico, 1963 |
| USS Earl K. Olsen |
DE-765 |
Cannon |
4/10/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Earl V. Johnson |
DE-702 |
|
3/18/1944 |
Scrapped, 1968 |
| USS Earle B. Hall |
DE-597 |
Crosley |
5/15/1945 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Ebert |
DE-74 |
|
10/13/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Ebert |
DE-768 |
Cannon |
7/12/1944 |
To Greece, 1951 |
| USS Edgar G. Chase |
DE-16 |
Evarts |
3/20/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Edmonds |
DE-406 |
|
4/3/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Edsall |
DE-129 |
Edsall |
4/10/1943 |
Scrapped, 1969 |
| USS Edward C. Daly |
DE-17 |
Evarts |
4/3/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Edward H. Allen |
DE-531 |
|
12/16/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Edward McDonnell |
DE-1043 |
Garcia |
2/15/1965 |
Scrapped, 2002 |
| USS Edwin A. Howard |
DE-346 |
John C. Butler |
5/25/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Eichenberger |
DE-202 |
Buckley |
11/17/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Eisele |
DE-34 |
|
10/18/1943 |
Scrapped, 1948 |
| USS Eisele |
DE-75 |
|
10/17/1943 |
Scuttled, 1944 |
| USS Eisner |
DE-192 |
Cannon |
1/1/1944 |
To Netherlands, 1951 |
| USS Elden |
DE-264 |
|
8/4/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Eldridge |
DE-173 |
Cannon |
8/27/1943 |
To Greece, 1951 |
| USS Elmer Montgomery |
DE-1082 |
Knox |
10/30/1971 |
To Turkey, 1993 |
| USS Emery |
DE-28 |
Evarts |
8/14/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS England |
DE-635 |
Buckley |
12/10/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Engstrom |
DE-50 |
Evarts |
6/21/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Enright |
DE-216 |
Buckley |
9/21/1943 |
To Ecuador, 1967 |
| USS Eugene E. Elmore |
DE-686 |
Rudderow |
2/4/1944 |
|
| USS Evans |
DE-1023 |
Dealey |
6/14/1957 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Evarts |
DE-5 |
Evarts |
4/15/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Eversole |
DE-404 |
John C. Butler |
3/21/1944 |
Sunk, 1944 |
| USS Fair |
DE-35 |
Evarts |
10/23/1943 |
Scrapped,1949 |
| USS Falgout |
DE-324 |
Edsall |
11/15/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1977 |
| USS Fanning |
DE-1076 |
Knox |
7/23/1971 |
To Turkey, 1993 |
| USS Farquhar |
DE-139 |
Edsall |
8/5/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Fechteler |
DE-157 |
Buckley |
7/1/1943 |
Sunk by Enemy, 1944 |
| USS Fessenden |
DE-142 |
Edsall |
8/25/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1967 |
| USS Fieberling |
DE-640 |
Buckley |
4/11/1944 |
Scrapped, 1972 |
| USS Finch |
DE-328 |
Edsall |
12/13/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Finnegan |
DE-307 |
|
8/19/1944 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Fiske |
DE-143 |
Edsall |
8/25/1943 |
Sunk by Enemy, 1944 |
| USS Flaherty |
DE-135 |
Edsall |
6/26/1943 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Fleming |
DE-32 |
Evarts |
9/18/1943 |
Scrapped, 1948 |
| USS Fogg |
DE-57 |
Buckley |
7/7/1943 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Foreman |
DE-633 |
Buckley |
10/22/1943 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Formoe |
DE-509 |
|
10/5/1944 |
Loaned to Portugal, 1957 |
| USS Formore |
DE-58 |
|
7/15/1943 |
Scrapped, 1948 |
| USS Forster |
DE-334 |
Edsall |
1/25/1944 |
Loaned to South Vietnam, 1971 |
| USS Foss |
DE-59 |
Buckley |
7/23/1943 |
Sold for Scrap |
| USS Fowler |
DE-222 |
Buckley |
3/15/1944 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Frament |
DE-677 |
|
8/15/1943 |
|
| USS Francis Hammond |
DE-1067 |
Knox |
7/25/1970 |
Scrapped, 2003 |
| USS Francis M. Robinson |
DE-220 |
Buckley |
1/15/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Frederick C. Davis |
DE-136 |
Edsall |
7/14/1943 |
Sunk, 1945 |
| USS French |
DE-367 |
John C. Butler |
10/9/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Frost |
DE-144 |
Edsall |
8/30/1943 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Frybarger |
DE-705 |
Buckley |
5/18/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Gandy |
DE-764 |
Cannon |
2/7/1944 |
To Italy, 1951 |
| USS Gantner |
DE-60 |
Buckley |
7/23/1943 |
To China, 1966 |
| USS Garcia |
DE-1040 |
Garcia |
12/21/1964 |
Scrapped, 1994 |
| USS Garfield Thomas |
DE-193 |
Cannon |
1/24/1944 |
To Greece, 1951 |
| USS Gary |
DE-326 |
Edsall |
11/27/1943 |
To Tunisia, 1973 |
| USS Gendreau |
DE-639 |
Buckley |
3/17/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Gentry |
DE-349 |
John C. Butler |
6/14/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS George |
DE-697 |
Buckley |
11/20/1943 |
Scrapped, 1970 |
| USS George A. Johnson |
DE-583 |
Rudderow |
4/15/1944 |
Sold for Scrap |
| USS George E. Davis |
DE-357 |
John C. Butler |
8/11/1944 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS George W. Ingram |
DE-62 |
Buckley |
8/11/1943 |
To China, 1967 |
| USS Gillette |
DE-681 |
|
10/27/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Gilligan |
DE-508 |
|
5/12/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Gilmore |
DE-18 |
|
4/17/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Goss |
DE-444 |
|
8/26/1944 |
Scrapped, 1972 |
| USS Gosselin |
DE-710 |
Rudderow |
12/31/1944 |
Scrapped, 1965 |
| USS Grady |
DE-445 |
|
9/11/1944 |
Scrapped, 1969 |
| USS Gray |
DE-1054 |
Knox |
4/4/1970 |
Scrapped, 2001 |
| USS Greenwood |
DE-679 |
|
9/25/1943 |
Scrapped, 1967 |
| USS Greiner |
DE-37 |
Evarts |
8/18/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Griswold |
DE-7 |
Evarts |
4/28/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Gunason |
DE-795 |
Buckley |
2/1/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1973 |
| USS Gustafson |
DE-182 |
Cannon |
11/1/1943 |
To Netherlands, 1950 |
| USS Haas |
DE-424 |
|
8/2/1944 |
Scrapped, 1967 |
| USS Haertley |
DE-1029 |
Dealey |
6/26/1957 |
To Colombia |
| USS Haines |
DE-792 |
Buckley |
12/27/1943 |
Scrapped, 1961 |
| USS Halloran |
DE-305 |
|
5/27/1944 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Hammann |
DE-131 |
Edsall |
5/17/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Hammerberg |
DE-1015 |
Dealey |
3/2/1955 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Hanna |
DE-449 |
|
1/27/1945 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Harmon |
DE-72 |
|
9/30/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Harmon |
DE-678 |
Buckley |
8/31/1943 |
Scrapped, 1967 |
| USS Harold C. Thomas |
DE-21 |
|
5/31/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Harold E. Holt |
DE-1074 |
Knox |
3/26/1971 |
Disposed, 2002 |
| USS Hartley |
DE-1029 |
Dealey |
6/26/1957 |
To Colombia |
| USS Harveson |
DE-316 |
Edsall |
10/12/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1967 |
| USS Haverfield |
DE-393 |
Edsall |
11/29/1943 |
Scrapped, 1971 |
| USS Hayter |
DE-212 |
Buckley |
3/16/1944 |
Loaned to South Korea, 1967 |
| USS Hemminger |
DE-746 |
Cannon |
5/30/1944 |
Loaned to Thailand, 1959 |
| USS Henry R. Kenyon |
DE-683 |
|
11/30/1943 |
Scrapped, 1970 |
| USS Hepburn |
DE-1055 |
Knox |
7/3/1969 |
Sunk, 2002 |
| USS Herbert C. Jones |
DE-137 |
Edsall |
7/21/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Herzog |
DE-178 |
Cannon |
10/6/1943 |
Leased to Brazil, 1944 |
| USS Heyliger |
DE-510 |
|
3/24/1945 |
Sunk as Target, 1969 |
| USS Hilbert |
DE-742 |
Cannon |
2/4/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Hill |
DE-141 |
Edsall |
8/16/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Hissem |
DE-400 |
Edsall |
1/13/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1982 |
| USS Hodges |
DE-231 |
Rudderow |
5/27/1944 |
Unknown |
| USS Holder |
DE-401 |
Edsall |
1/18/1944 |
Sunk By Enemy, 1944 |
| USS Hollis |
DE-794 |
|
1/24/1944 |
Scrapped, 1975 |
| USS Holt |
DE-706 |
Rudderow |
6/9/1944 |
Loaned to South Korea, 1963 |
| USS Holton |
DE-703 |
Buckley |
5/1/1944 |
Sold for Scrap |
| USS Hooper |
DE-1026 |
Dealey |
3/18/1958 |
Sold for Scrap |
| USS Hopping |
DE-155 |
Buckley |
5/21/1943 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Horace A. Bass |
DE-691 |
Crosley |
12/21/1944 |
Scrapped, 1975 |
| USS Howard D. Crow |
DE-252 |
Edsall |
9/27/1943 |
Scrapped, 1970 |
| USS Howard F. Clark |
DE-533 |
John C. Butler |
5/25/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Hubbard |
DE-211 |
Buckley |
3/6/1944 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Hunter Marshall |
DE-602 |
Crosley |
7/17/1945 |
To Ecuador, 1961 |
| USS Hurst |
DE-250 |
Edsall |
8/30/1943 |
To Mexico, 1973 |
| USS Huse |
DE-145 |
Edsall |
8/30/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Inch |
DE-146 |
Edsall |
9/8/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS J. Douglas Blackwood |
DE-219 |
Buckley |
12/15/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1970 |
| USS J. R. Y. Blakely |
DE-140 |
Edsall |
8/16/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS J. Richard Ward |
DE-243 |
Edsall |
7/5/1943 |
Scrapped, 1972 |
| USS Jaccard |
DE-355 |
John C. Butler |
7/26/1944 |
25115 |
| USS Jack C. Robinson |
DE-671 |
Charles Lawrence |
2/2/1945 |
To Chile |
| USS Jack Miller |
DE-410 |
John C. Butler |
4/13/1944 |
Scrapped, 1969 |
| USS Jack W. Wilke |
DE-800 |
|
3/7/1944 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Jacob Jones |
DE-130 |
Edsall |
4/29/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS James E. Craig |
DE-201 |
Buckley |
11/11/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1969 |
| USS Janssen |
DE-396 |
Edsall |
12/18/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Jenks |
DE-665 |
|
1/19/1944 |
Scrapped, 1968 |
| USS Jesse L. Brown |
DE-1089 |
Knox |
2/17/1973 |
To Egypt, 1994 |
| USS Jesse Rutherford |
DE-347 |
John C. Butler |
5/31/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1968 |
| USS Jobb |
DE-707 |
Rudderow |
7/4/1944 |
Scrapped, 1970 |
| USS John C. Butler |
DE-339 |
John C. Butler |
3/31/1944 |
Sunk, 1971 |
| USS John J. Powers |
DE-528 |
|
2/29/1944 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS John L. Williamson |
DE-370 |
John C. Butler |
10/31/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS John M. Bermingham |
DE-530 |
Evarts |
4/4/1944 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS John P. Gray |
DE-673 |
Charles Lawrence |
3/15/1945 |
Scrapped, 1968 |
| USS John Q. Roberts |
DE-235 |
Crosley |
3/8/1945 |
Scrapped, 1960 |
| USS John R. Perry |
DE-1034 |
Claud Jones |
5/5/1959 |
To Indonesia, 1973 |
| USS John Willis |
DE-1027 |
Dealey |
2/21/1957 |
Sold for Scrap |
| USS Johnnie Hutchins |
DE-360 |
John C. Butler |
8/28/1944 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Jordan |
DE-204 |
Buckley |
12/17/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Joseph E. Campbell |
DE-70 |
Buckley |
9/23/1943 |
To Chile, 1966 |
| USS Joseph E. Connolly |
DE-450 |
|
2/28/1945 |
Sunk as Target, 1972 |
| USS Joseph Hewes |
DE-1078 |
Knox |
4/24/1971 |
To Taiwan |
| USS Joseph M. Auman |
DE-674 |
Rudderow |
4/25/1945 |
To Mexico 1963 |
| USS Joyce |
DE-317 |
Edsall |
9/30/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Julius A. Furer |
DEG-6 |
Brooke |
11/11/1967 |
To Maritime Admin, 1994 |
| USS Julius A. Raven |
DE-600 |
Crosley |
6/28/1945 |
To South Korea, 1966 |
| USS Keith |
DE-241 |
Edsall |
7/19/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Kendall C. Campbell |
DE-443 |
|
7/31/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Kenneth M. Willett |
DE-354 |
John C. Butler |
7/19/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1974 |
| USS Kephart |
DE-207 |
Buckley |
1/7/1944 |
To South Korea, 1967 |
| USS Key |
DE-348 |
John C. Butler |
6/5/1944 |
Scrapped, 1972 |
| USS Kinzer |
DE-232 |
Crosley |
11/1/1944 |
To China, 1965 |
| USS Kirk |
DE-1087 |
Knox |
9/9/1972 |
To Taiwan |
| USS Kirkpatrick |
DE-318 |
Edsall |
10/23/1943 |
Scrapped, 1975 |
| USS Kirwin |
DE-229 |
Crosley |
11/4/1945 |
Scrapped, 1975 |
| USS Kleinsmith |
DE-718 |
Crosley |
6/12/1945 |
To China, 1960 |
| USS Kline |
DE-687 |
Crosley |
10/18/1944 |
To China, 1966 |
| USS Knox |
DE-1052 |
Knox |
4/12/1969 |
Sunk as Target, 2007 |
| USS Koelsch |
DE-1049 |
Garcia |
10/19/1968 |
Scrapped in Hong Kong |
| USS Koiner |
DE-331 |
Edsall |
12/27/1943 |
Scrapped, 1969 |
| USS Kretchmer |
DE-329 |
Edsall |
12/13/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Kyne |
DE-744 |
Cannon |
4/4/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS La Prade |
DE-409 |
John C. Butler |
4/20/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Lake |
DE-301 |
|
2/5/1944 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Lamons |
DE-743 |
Cannon |
2/29/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Lang |
DE-1060 |
Knox |
3/28/1970 |
Scrapped, 2001 |
| USS Laning |
DE-159 |
Buckley |
8/1/1943 |
Scrapped, 1975 |
| USS Lansing |
DE-388 |
Edsall |
11/10/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Lawrence C. Taylor |
DE-415 |
|
5/13/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Le Ray Wilson |
DE-414 |
John C. Butler |
5/10/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Lee Fox |
DE-65 |
Buckley |
8/30/1943 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Leland E. Thomas |
DE-420 |
|
6/19/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Leopold |
DE-319 |
Edsall |
10/18/1943 |
Sunk by Enemy, 1944 |
| USS Leslie L.B. Knox |
DE-580 |
Rudderow |
3/22/1944 |
Unknown |
| USS Lester |
DE-1022 |
Dealey |
6/15/1957 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Levy |
DE-162 |
Cannon |
5/13/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Lewis |
DE-535 |
John C. Butler |
9/5/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1966 |
| USS Liddle |
DE-76 |
|
10/23/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Liddle |
DE-206 |
Buckley |
12/6/1943 |
Scrapped, 1967 |
| USS Lloyd |
DE-209 |
Buckley |
2/11/1944 |
Scrapped, 1968 |
| USS Lloyd E. Acree |
DE-356 |
John C. Butler |
8/1/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Lockwood |
DE-1064 |
Knox |
12/5/1970 |
Recycled, 2000 |
| USS Loeser |
DE-680 |
|
10/10/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1969 |
| USS Lough |
DE-586 |
Rudderow |
5/2/1944 |
Unknown |
| USS Lovelace |
DE-198 |
Buckley |
11/7/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1968 |
| USS Lovering |
DE-39 |
|
9/17/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Lowe |
DE-325 |
Edsall |
11/22/1943 |
Scrapped, 1969 |
| USS Loy |
DE-160 |
Buckley |
9/12/1943 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Lyman |
DE-302 |
|
2/19/1944 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Mack |
DE-358 |
John C. Butler |
8/16/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Major |
DE-796 |
|
2/12/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Maloy |
DE-791 |
Buckley |
12/13/1943 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Manlove |
DE-36 |
|
11/8/1943 |
Scrapped, 1948 |
| USS Manning |
DE-199 |
Buckley |
10/1/1943 |
Scrapped, 1969 |
| USS Marchand |
DE-249 |
Edsall |
9/8/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Marsh |
DE-699 |
Buckley |
1/12/1944 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Martin |
DE-30 |
|
9/4/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Martin H. Ray |
DE-338 |
Edsall |
2/28/1944 |
Scrapped, 1967 |
| USS Marts |
DE-174 |
Cannon |
9/3/1943 |
To Brazil, 1945 |
| USS Marvin Shields |
DE-1066 |
Knox |
4/10/1971 |
To Mexico |
| USS Mason |
DE-529 |
|
3/20/1944 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Maurice J. Manuel |
DE-351 |
John C. Butler |
6/30/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1966 |
| USS McAnn |
DE-179 |
Cannon |
10/11/1943 |
Leased to Brazil, 1944 |
| USS McAnn |
DE-73 |
|
10/17/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS McCandless |
DE-1084 |
|
3/18/1972 |
To Turkey, 2002 |
| USS McClelland |
DE-750 |
Cannon |
9/19/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS McCloy |
DE-1038 |
Bronstein |
10/21/1963 |
To Mexico, 1993 |
| USS McConnell |
DE-163 |
Cannon |
5/28/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS McCoy Reynolds |
DE-440 |
|
5/2/1944 |
Loaned to Portugal, 1957 |
| USS McGinty |
DE-365 |
John C. Butler |
9/25/1944 |
Scrapped, 1969 |
| USS McNulty |
DE-581 |
Rudderow |
3/31/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1972 |
| USS Melvin R. Nawman |
DE-416 |
|
5/16/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Menges |
DE-320 |
Edsall |
10/26/1943 |
Sold for Scrap |
| USS Merrill |
DE-392 |
Edsall |
11/27/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Metivier |
DE-582 |
Rudderow |
4/7/1944 |
Sold for Scrap |
| USS Meyerkord |
DE-1058 |
Knox |
11/28/1969 |
Scrapped, 2001 |
| USS Micka |
DE-176 |
Cannon |
9/23/1943 |
Scrapped, 1967 |
| USS Miller |
DE-1091 |
Knox |
6/30/1973 |
To Turkey, 1999 |
| USS Mills |
DE-383 |
Edsall |
10/12/1943 |
Scrapped, 1975 |
| USS Mitchell |
DE-43 |
|
11/17/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Moinester |
DE-1097 |
Knox |
11/2/1974 |
To Egypt, 1994 |
| USS Moore |
DE-240 |
Edsall |
7/1/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1975 |
| USS Mosley |
DE-321 |
Edsall |
10/30/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Muir |
DE-770 |
Cannon |
8/30/1944 |
Loaned to South Korea, 1956 |
| USS Myers |
DE-595 |
Crosley |
3/26/1945 |
To Colombia |
| USS Naifeh |
DE-352 |
John C. Butler |
7/4/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1966 |
| USS Neuendorf |
DE-200 |
Buckley |
10/18/1943 |
Unknown |
| USS Neunzer |
DE-150 |
Edsall |
9/27/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Newell |
DE-322 |
Edsall |
10/30/1943 |
Scrapped, 1971 |
| USS Newman |
DE-205 |
Buckley |
11/26/1943 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Oberrender |
DE-344 |
John C. Butler |
5/11/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1945 |
| USS O’Callahan |
DE-1051 |
Garcia |
7/13/1968 |
Scrapped in Hong Kong |
| USS Odum |
DE-670 |
Charles Lawrence |
1/12/1945 |
To Chile |
| USS O’Flaherty |
DE-340 |
John C. Butler |
4/8/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Oliver Mitchell |
DE-417 |
|
6/14/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS O’Neill |
DE-188 |
Cannon |
12/6/1943 |
To Netherlands, 1950 |
| USS O’Reilly |
DE-330 |
Edsall |
12/28/1943 |
Scrapped, 1972 |
| USS Osberg |
DE-538 |
|
12/10/1945 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Osmus |
DE-701 |
Buckley |
2/23/1944 |
Scrapped |
| USS Osterhaus |
DE-164 |
Cannon |
6/12/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Oswald |
DE-767 |
Cannon |
6/12/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Oswald |
DE-71 |
|
9/29/1943 |
To Portugal, 1954 |
| USS O’Toole |
DE-527 |
|
1/22/1944 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Otter |
DE-210 |
Buckley |
2/21/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1970 |
| USS Otterstetter |
DE-244 |
Edsall |
8/6/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1976 |
| USS Ouellett |
DE-1077 |
Knox |
12/12/1970 |
To Thailand |
| USS Parks |
DE-165 |
Cannon |
6/23/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Parle |
DE-708 |
Rudderow |
7/29/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1970 |
| USS Patterson |
DE-1061 |
Knox |
3/14/1970 |
Scrapped, 1999 |
| USS Paul G. Baker |
DE-642 |
|
5/25/1944 |
Scrapped, 1970 |
| USS Pavlic |
DE-669 |
Charles Lawrence |
12/29/1944 |
Scrapped, 1968 |
| USS Peiffer |
DE-588 |
Rudderow |
6/15/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1967 |
| USS Pennewill |
DE-175 |
Cannon |
9/15/1943 |
Leased to Brazil, 1944 |
| USS Peterson |
DE-152 |
Edsall |
9/28/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Pettit |
DE-253 |
Edsall |
9/23/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1974 |
| USS Pharris |
DE-1094 |
|
1/26/1974 |
To Mexico |
| USS Pillsbury |
DE-133 |
Edsall |
6/7/1943 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Poole |
DE-151 |
Edsall |
9/29/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Pope |
DE-134 |
Edsall |
6/25/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Pratt |
DE-363 |
John C. Butler |
9/18/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Presley |
DE-371 |
John C. Butler |
11/7/1944 |
Scrapped, 1970 |
| USS Price |
DE-332 |
Edsall |
1/12/1944 |
Scrapped, 1975 |
| USS Pride |
DE-323 |
Edsall |
11/13/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Raby |
DE-698 |
Buckley |
12/7/1943 |
Sold for Scrap |
| USS Rall |
DE-304 |
|
4/8/1944 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Ramsden |
DE-382 |
Edsall |
10/19/1943 |
Sunk as Target |
| USS Ramsey |
DEG-2 |
Brooke |
6/3/1967 |
Sunk as Target, 2000 |
| USS Rathburne |
DE-1057 |
Knox |
5/16/1970 |
Sunk as Target, 2002 |
| USS Ray K. Edwards |
DE-237 |
Crosley |
6/11/1945 |
Scrapped, 1961 |
| USS Raymond |
DE-341 |
John C. Butler |
4/15/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1974 |
| USS Reasoner |
DE-1063 |
|
7/31/1971 |
To Turkey |
| USS Rednour |
DE-592 |
Rudderow |
12/30/1944 |
To Mexico, 1969 |
| USS Reeves |
DE-156 |
Buckley |
6/9/1943 |
To Ecuador, 1961 |
| USS Register |
DE-233 |
Crosley |
1/11/1945 |
To China, 1966 |
| USS Reuben James |
DE-153 |
Buckley |
4/1/1943 |
Sunk, 1971 |
| USS Reybold |
DE-177 |
Cannon |
9/29/1943 |
Leased to Brazil, 1944 |
| USS Reynolds |
DE-42 |
|
11/8/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Rhodes |
DE-384 |
Edsall |
10/25/1943 |
Scrapped, 1975 |
| USS Rich |
DE-695 |
Buckley |
10/1/1943 |
Struck by Mines, 1944 |
| USS Richard L. Page |
DEG-5 |
Brooke |
8/5/1967 |
To Maritime Admin, 1994 |
| USS Richard M. Rowell |
DE-403 |
John C. Butler |
3/9/1944 |
Scrapped, 1969 |
| USS Richard S. Bull |
DE-402 |
John C. Butler |
2/26/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1969 |
| USS Richard W. Suesens |
DE-342 |
John C. Butler |
4/26/1944 |
Sold for Scrap |
| USS Richey |
DE-385 |
Edsall |
10/30/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1969 |
| USS Ricketts |
DE-254 |
Edsall |
10/5/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Riddle |
DE-185 |
Cannon |
11/17/1943 |
To France, 1950 |
| USS Riley |
DE-579 |
Rudderow |
3/13/1944 |
To China |
| USS Rinehart |
DE-196 |
Cannon |
2/12/1944 |
To Netherlands, 1950 |
| USS Ringness |
DE-590 |
Crosley |
10/25/1944 |
Scrapped, 1975 |
| USS Rizzi |
DE-537 |
|
6/26/1945 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Roark |
DE-1053 |
Knox |
11/22/1969 |
Scrapped, 2004 |
| USS Robert Brazier |
DE-345 |
John C. Butler |
5/18/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1969 |
| USS Robert E. Peary |
DE-132 |
Edsall |
5/31/1943 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Robert E. Peary |
DE-1073 |
Knox |
9/23/1972 |
To Taiwan |
| USS Robert F. Keller |
DE-419 |
|
6/17/1944 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Robert I. Paine |
DE-578 |
Buckley |
2/26/1944 |
Scrapped, 1969 |
| USS Roberts |
DE-749 |
Cannon |
9/2/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1971 |
| USS Roche |
DE-197 |
Cannon |
2/21/1944 |
Struck by Mine, 1945 |
| USS Rolf |
DE-362 |
John C. Butler |
9/7/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Rombach |
DE-364 |
John C. Butler |
9/20/1944 |
Scrapped, 1972 |
| USS Roy O. Hale |
DE-336 |
Edsall |
2/3/1944 |
Scrapped, 1975 |
| USS Ruchamkin |
DE-228 |
Crosley |
9/16/1945 |
To Colombia, 1969 |
| USS Rudderow |
DE-224 |
Rudderow |
5/14/1944 |
Scrapped, 1970 |
| USS Runels |
DE-793 |
|
1/3/1944 |
Scrapped, 1961 |
| USS Sample |
DE-1048 |
Garcia |
3/23/1968 |
Leased to Brazil, 1989 |
| USS Samuel B. Roberts |
DE-413 |
John C. Butler |
4/28/1944 |
Sunk by Enemy, 1944 |
| USS Samuel S. Miles |
DE-183 |
Cannon |
11/4/1943 |
To France, 1950 |
| USS Sanders |
DE-40 |
Evarts |
10/1/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Savage |
DE-386 |
Edsall |
10/29/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1982 |
| USS Schmitt |
DE-676 |
Buckley |
7/24/1943 |
To Taiwan, 1958 |
| USS Schofield |
DEG-3 |
Brooke |
5/11/1968 |
Sunk as Target, 1999 |
| USS Scott |
DE-214 |
Buckley |
7/20/1943 |
Scrapped, 1967 |
| USS Scribner |
DE-689 |
Crosley |
11/20/1944 |
Scrapped, 1967 |
| USS Scroggins |
DE-799 |
|
3/30/1944 |
Scrapped, 1967 |
| USS Sederstrom |
DE-31 |
|
9/11/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Seid |
DE-256 |
|
6/11/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Sellstrom |
DE-255 |
Edsall |
10/12/1943 |
Scrapped, 1967 |
| USS Shelton |
DE-407 |
John C. Butler |
4/4/1944 |
Sunk, 1944 |
| USS Silverstein |
DE-534 |
John C. Butler |
7/14/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Sims |
DE-154 |
Buckley |
4/24/1943 |
Scrapped, 1961 |
| USS Slater |
DE-766 |
Cannon |
12/19/1943 |
To Greece, 1951 |
| USS Sloat |
DE-245 |
Edsall |
8/16/1943 |
Scrapped, 1972 |
| USS Smartt |
DE-257 |
|
6/18/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Snowden |
DE-246 |
Edsall |
8/23/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1969 |
| USS Snyder |
DE-745 |
Cannon |
5/5/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Solar |
DE-221 |
Buckley |
2/15/1944 |
Scuttled, 1946 |
| USS Spangenberg |
DE-223 |
Buckley |
3/15/1944 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Spangler |
DE-696 |
Buckley |
10/31/1943 |
Scrapped, 1972 |
| USS Stadtfeld |
DE-29 |
|
8/26/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Stafford |
DE-411 |
John C. Butler |
4/19/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Stanton |
DE-247 |
Edsall |
8/7/1943 |
Sunk as Target |
| USS Steele |
DE-8 |
|
5/4/1943 |
|
| USS Stein |
DE-1065 |
Knox |
1/8/1972 |
To Mexico |
| USS Stern |
DE-187 |
Cannon |
12/1/1943 |
To Netherlands, 1951 |
| USS Stewart |
DE-238 |
Edsall |
5/31/1943 |
Museum Ship, 1974. |
| USS Stockdale |
DE-399 |
Edsall |
12/31/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1974 |
| USS Straub |
DE-77 |
|
11/13/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Straub |
DE-181 |
Cannon |
10/25/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Straus |
DE-408 |
John C. Butler |
4/6/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1973 |
| USS Strickland |
DE-333 |
Edsall |
1/10/1944 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Sturtevant |
DE-239 |
Edsall |
6/16/1943 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Sutton |
DE-771 |
Cannon |
12/22/1944 |
Loaned to South Korea, 1956 |
| USS Swasey |
DE-248 |
Edsall |
8/31/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Swearer |
DE-186 |
Cannon |
11/23/1943 |
To France, 1950 |
| USS Swenning |
DE-394 |
Edsall |
12/1/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Tabberer |
DE-418 |
|
5/23/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Talbot |
DEG-4 |
Brooke |
4/22/1967 |
Scrapped, 1994 |
| USS Tatum |
DE-789 |
Buckley |
11/22/1943 |
Scrapped, 1961 |
| USS Taussig |
DE-1030 |
Dealey |
9/10/1957 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Thaddeus Parker |
DE-369 |
John C. Butler |
10/25/1944 |
Scrapped, 1968 |
| USS Thomas |
DE-102 |
Cannon |
11/21/1943 |
To China, 1948 |
| USS Thomas C. Hart |
DE-1092 |
Knox |
7/28/1973 |
To Turkey |
| USS Thomas F. Nickel |
DE-587 |
Rudderow |
6/9/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Thomason |
DE-203 |
|
12/10/1943 |
Scrapped, 1969 |
| USS Thornhill |
DE-195 |
Cannon |
2/1/1944 |
To Italy, 1951 |
| USS Tills |
DE-748 |
Cannon |
8/8/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1969 |
| USS Tinsman |
DE-589 |
Rudderow |
6/26/1944 |
Sold for Scrap |
| USS Tisdale |
DE-33 |
|
10/11/1943 |
Scrapped, 1948 |
| USS Tollberg |
DE-593 |
Crosley |
1/31/1945 |
To Colombia, 1965 |
| USS Tomich |
DE-242 |
Edsall |
7/27/1943 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Traw |
DE-350 |
John C. Butler |
6/20/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1968 |
| USS Trippe |
DE-1075 |
Knox |
9/19/1970 |
To Greece, 1992 |
| USS Truett |
DE-1095 |
Knox |
6/1/1974 |
Leased to Thailand, 1994 |
| USS Trumpeter |
DE-279 |
Captain |
8/20/1945 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Trumpeter |
DE-180 |
Cannon |
10/16/1943 |
Unknown |
| USS Truxtun |
DE-282 |
Crosley |
7/9/1945 |
To China, 1965 |
| USS Tweedy |
DE-532 |
|
2/12/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1970 |
| USS Ulvert M. Moore |
DE-442 |
|
7/18/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1966 |
| USS Underhill |
DE-682 |
Buckley |
11/15/1943 |
Sunk by Enemy, 1945 |
| USS Upham |
DE-283 |
Crosley |
7/23/1945 |
To Colombia, 1962 |
| USS Valdez |
DE-1096 |
Knox |
7/27/1974 |
To Taiwan |
| USS Vammen |
DE-644 |
Buckley |
7/27/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1971 |
| USS Vance |
DE-387 |
Edsall |
11/1/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1985 |
| USS Vandivier |
DE-540 |
John C. Butler |
10/11/1955 |
Sunk as Target, 1975 |
| USS Varian |
DE-798 |
|
2/29/1944 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Voge |
DE-1047 |
Garcia |
11/25/1966 |
Scrapped, 2001 |
| USS Vreeland |
DE-1068 |
Knox |
6/13/1970 |
To Greece, 1992 |
| USS Wagner |
DE-539 |
|
11/22/1955 |
Sunk as Target |
| USS Walsh |
DE-601 |
Crosley |
7/11/1945 |
Scrapped, 1968 |
| USS Walter C. Wann |
DE-412 |
|
5/2/1944 |
Scrapped, 1969 |
| USS Walter S. Brown |
DE-258 |
|
6/25/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Walter S. Gorka |
DE-604 |
Crosley |
8/7/1945 |
To Ecuador, 1961 |
| USS Walter X. Young |
DE-715 |
Crosley |
5/1/1945 |
Sunk, 1967 |
| USS Walton |
DE-361 |
John C. Butler |
9/4/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1969 |
| USS Wantuck |
DE-692 |
Crosley |
12/30/1944 |
Scrapped, 1958 |
| USS Waterman |
DE-740 |
Cannon |
11/30/1943 |
To Peru, 1952 |
| USS Weaver |
DE-741 |
Cannon |
12/31/1943 |
To Peru, 1952 |
| USS Weber |
DE-675 |
|
6/30/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1962 |
| USS Weeden |
DE-797 |
Buckley |
2/19/1944 |
Scrapped, 1969 |
| USS Weiss |
DE-719 |
Crosley |
7/7/1945 |
Scrapped, 1976 |
| USS Wesson |
DE-184 |
Cannon |
11/11/1943 |
To Italy, 1951 |
| USS Whipple |
DE-1062 |
Knox |
8/22/1970 |
To Mexico, 2002 |
| USS Whitehurst |
DE-634 |
Buckley |
11/19/1943 |
Sunk as Target, 1971 |
| USS Whitman |
DE-24 |
|
7/3/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Wileman |
DE-22 |
|
6/11/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Wilhoite |
DE-397 |
Edsall |
12/16/1943 |
Scrapped, 1972 |
| USS William C. Cole |
DE-641 |
Buckley |
5/12/1944 |
Scrapped, 1972 |
| USS William C. Miller |
DE-259 |
|
7/2/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS William M. Hobby |
DE-236 |
Crosley |
4/4/1945 |
To South Korea, 1967 |
| USS William S. Sims |
DE-1059 |
Knox |
1/3/1970 |
To Turkey, 1999 |
| USS William Seiverling |
DE-441 |
|
6/1/1944 |
Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS William T. Powell |
DE-213 |
Buckley |
3/28/1944 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Williams |
DE-372 |
John C. Butler |
11/11/1944 |
Sunk as Target, 1968 |
| USS Willis |
DE-395 |
Edsall |
12/10/1943 |
Scrapped, 1972 |
| USS Willmarth |
DE-638 |
Buckley |
3/13/1944 |
Scrapped, 1968 |
| USS Wingfield |
DE-194 |
Cannon |
1/28/1944 |
To France, 1950 |
| USS Wintle |
DE-25 |
|
7/10/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Wiseman |
DE-667 |
|
4/4/1944 |
Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Witter |
DE-636 |
Buckley |
12/19/1943 |
Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Woodson |
DE-359 |
John C. Butler |
8/24/1944 |
Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Wyffels |
DE-6 |
Evarts |
4/15/1943 |
To China, 1945 |
| USS Wyman |
DE-38 |
|
9/1/1943 |
Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Yokes |
DE-668 |
Charles Lawrence |
12/18/1944 |
Scrapped, 1965 |
Asbestos Use on Destroyer Escorts
Asbestos materials were commonly used on destroyer escorts built during WWII and could be found throughout the ship. They wrapped steam pipes, covered boilers and lined engine rooms. These materials exposed sailors and shipyard workers to serious health risks, including mesothelioma.
Common asbestos-containing products found on destroyer escorts included:
When these materials were cut, damaged or worn down, they could release tiny asbestos fibers into the air. Crew members might have breathed in these fibers without knowing the danger.
Who Was at Risk of Asbestos Exposure on Destroyer Escorts?
Sailors on destroyer escorts and the workers at shipyards who built or fixed them faced asbestos risks. Ship systems used asbestos in many places, so people in almost any trade could come into contact with it. Those at highest risk included dockyard crews, engine and mechanical workers and electrical teams. Maintenance staff and people in structural trades were also often exposed.
People in these roles were especially at risk of occupational asbestos exposure, including:
In 2021, researchers looked at health records from about 5,000 Navy veterans. Sailors who spent more time aboard ships were found to have higher rates of asbestos-related diseases. Risk increased with time spent at sea. The engineering crew had the highest rates of lung problems and scarring.
Compensation for People Exposed on Destroyer Escorts
Navy veterans with mesothelioma or similar diseases may file lawsuits against companies that made asbestos products used on ships. These legal claims can result in compensation for medical costs and lost income.
If a company responsible for asbestos exposure has gone through bankruptcy, it may have established an asbestos trust fund. These trusts were created to compensate people harmed by the company’s products and may be an option for veterans who cannot file a traditional lawsuit.
Veterans who developed asbestos diseases after serving on destroyer escorts may also qualify for benefits through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). These benefits can help pay for healthcare, disability and family support.
Veterans and their families can learn more by speaking with experienced mesothelioma lawyers or VA advisors. Lawyers can help review legal options, assist with VA forms and manage lawsuits. VA advisors can explain benefits and help gather the records needed to file a claim.
