Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

DE -- Destroyer Escorts

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Evarts Class:

(*: Lend-Lease to China)
No. Name                               Comm. Notes (: Lost)                                      
DE-45 Andres 1943  
DE-15 Austin 1943  
DE-10 Bebas 1943  
DE-41 Brackett 1943  
DE-13 Brennan 1943  
DE-19 Burden R. Hastings 1943  
DE-260 Cabana 1943  
DE-262 Canfield 1943  
DE-9 Carlson 1943  
DE-23 Charles R. Greer 1943  
DE-265 Cloues 1943  
DE-306 Connolly 1944  
DE-11 Crouter 1943  
DE-303 Crowley 1944  
DE-47 Decker *1943  
DE-263 Deede 1943  
DE-26 Dempsey 1943  
DE-261 Dionne 1943  
DE-48 Dobler 1943  
DE-14 Doherty 1943  
DE-44 Donaldson 1943  
DE-49 Doneff 1943  
DE-27 Duffy 1943  
DE-16 Edgar G. Chase 1943  
DE-17 Edward C. Daly 1943  
DE-34 Eisele 1943  
DE-264 Elden 1943  
DE-28 Emery 1943  
DE-50 Engstrom 1943  
DE-5 Evarts 1943  
DE-35 Fair 1943  
DE-307 Finnegan 1944  
DE-32 Fleming 1943  
DE-18 Gilmore 1943  
DE-37 Greiner 1943  
DE-7 Griswold 1943  
DE-305 Halloran 1944  
DE-21 Harold C. Thomas 1943  
DE-528 John J. Powers 1944  
DE-530 John M. Bermingham 1944  
DE-301 Lake 1944  
DE-20 Le Hardy 1943  
DE-39 Lovering 1943  
DE-302 Lyman 1944  
DE-36 Manlove 1943  
DE-30 Martin 1943  
DE-529 Mason 1944  
DE-43 Mitchell 1943  
DE-527 O'Toole 1944  
DE-304 Rall 1944  
DE-42 Reynolds 1943  
DE-40 Sanders 1943  
DE-31 Sederstrom 1943  
DE-256 Seid 1943  
DE-257 Smart 1943  
DE-29 Stadtfeld 1943  
DE-8 Steele 1943  
DE-33 Tisdale 1943  
DE-258 Walter S. Brown 1943  
DE-24 Whitman 1943  
DE-22 Wileman 1943  
DE-259 William C. Miller 1943  
DE-25 Wintle 1943  
DE-6 Wyffels *1943  
DE-38 Wyman 1943  


Rudderow Class:

No. Name                               Comm. Notes (: Lost)                                        
DE-709 Bray 1944
1945
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-139
DE-230 Chaffee 1944  
DE-584 Charles J. Kimmel 1944  
DE-685 Coates 1944  
DE-585 Daniel A. Joy 1944  
DE-225 Day 1944  
DE-684 De Long 1943  
DE-686 Eugene E. Elmore 1944  
DE-583 George A. Johnson 1944  
DE-231 Hodges 1944  
DE-706 Holt 1944  
DE-707 Jobb 1944  
DE-580 Leslie L.B. Knox 1944  
DE-586 Lough 1944  
DE-581 McNulty 1944  
DE-582 Metivier 1944  
DE-708 Parle 1944  
DE-588 Peiffer 1944  
DE-587 Thomas F. Nickel 1944  
DE-579 Riley 1944  
DE-224 Rudderow 1944  
DE-589 Tinsman 1944  


John C. Butler Class:

No. Name                               Comm. Notes (: Lost)                                        
DE-343 Abercrombie 1944  
DE-447 Albert T. Harris 1944  
DE-366 Alvin C. Cockrell 1944  
DE-536 Bivin 1944  
DE-368 Cecil J. Doyle 1944  
DE-446 Charles E. Brannon 1944  
DE-421 Chester T. O'Brien 1944  
DE-439 Conklin 1944  
DE-438 Corbesier 1944  
DE-448 Cross 1945  
DE-405 Dennis 1944  
DE-422 Douglas A. Munro 1944  
DE-353 Doyle C. Barnes 1944  
DE-423 Dufilho 1944  
DE-406 Edmonds 1944  
DE-531 Edward H. Allen 1943  
DE-346 Edwin A. Howard 1944  
DE-404 Eversole 1944 29 Oct 44; torpedoed by I-45, following Battle off Samar
DE-509 Formoe 1944  
DE-367 French 1944  
DE-349 Gentry 1944  
DE-357 George E. Davis 1944  
DE-508 Gilligan 1944  
DE-444 Goss 1944  
DE-445 Grady 1944  
DE-424 Haas 1944  
DE-449 Hanna 1945  
DE-510 Heyliger 1945  
DE-533 Howard F. Clark 1944  
DE-355 Jaccard 1944  
DE-410 Jack Miller 1944  
DE-347 Jesse Rutherford 1944  
DE-339 John C. Butler 1944  
DE-370 John L. Williamson 1944  
DE-360 Johnnie Hutchins 1944  
DE-450 Joseph E. Connolly 1945  
DE-443 Kendall C. Campbell 1944  
DE-354 Kenneth M. Willett 1944  
DE-348 Key 1944  
DE-409 La Prade 1944  
DE-415 Lawrence C. Taylor 1944  
DE-414 Le Ray Wilson 1944  
DE-420 Leland E. Thomas 1944  
DE-535 Lewis 1944  
DE-356 Lloyd E. Acree 1944  
DE-358 Mack 1944  
DE-351 Maurice J. Manuel 1944  
DE-440 McCoy Reynolds 1944  
DE-365 McGinty 1944  
DE-416 Melvin R. Nawman 1944  
DE-352 Naifeh 1944  
DE-340 O'Flaherty 1944  
DE-344 Oberrender 1944 9 May 45; by Kamikaze at Okinawa
DE-417 Oliver Mitchell 1944  
DE-538 Osberg 1945  
DE-363 Pratt 1944  
DE-371 Presley 1944  
DE-341 Raymond 1944  
DE-403 Richard M. Rowell 1944  
DE-402 Richard S. Bull 1944  
DE-342 Richard W. Suesens 1944  
DE-537 Rizzi 1945  
DE-345 Robert Brazier 1944  
DE-419 Robert F. Keller 1944  
DE-362 Rolf 1944  
DE-364 Rombach 1944  
DE-413 Samuel B. Roberts 1944 25 Oct 44; cruiser gunfire while defending CVEs at Leyte Gulf
DE-407 Shelton 1944 3 Oct 44; torpedoed by RO-41 off Seeadler Harbor, Admiralty Island
DE-534 Silverstein 1944  
DE-411 Stafford 1944  
DE-408 Straus 1944  
DE-418 Tabberer 1944  
DE-369 Thaddeus Parker 1944  
DE-350 Traw 1944  
DE-532 Tweedy 1944  
DE-442 Ulvert M. Moore 1944  
DE-412 Walter C. Wann 1944  
DE-361 Walton 1944  
DE-441 William Seiverling 1944  
DE-372 Williams 1944  
DE-359 Woodson 1944  


Buckley Class:

No. Name                               Comm. Notes (: Lost)                                        
DE-575 Ahrens 1944  
DE-577 Alexander J. Luke 1944  
DE-66 Amesbury 1943
1945
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-46
DE-161 Barber 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-57
DE-576 Barr 1944
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-39
DE-68 Bates 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-47
DE-69 Blessman 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-48
DE-790 Borum 1943  
DE-637 Bowers 1944
1945
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-40
DE-51 Buckley 1943  
DE-693 Bull 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-78
DE-694 Bunch 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-79
DE-215 Burke 1943
1945
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-65
DE-53 Charles Lawrence 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-37
DE-158 Chase 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-54
DE-208 Cofer 1944
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-62
DE-217 Coolbaugh 1943  
DE-704 Cronin 1944  
DE-700 Currier 1944  
DE-643 Damon M. Cummings 1944  
DE-54 Daniel T. Griffin 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-38
DE-218 Darby 1943  
DE-56 Donnell 1943
1944
 
Reclassified Unclassified Auxiliary IX-182
DE-666 Durik 1944  
DE-702 Earl V. Johnson 1944  
DE-202 Eichenberger 1943  
DE-635 England 1943
1945
 
DE-216 Enright 1943
1945
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-66
DE-157 Fechteler 1944 5 May 44; torpedoed by U-967 east of Gibraltar
DE-640 Fieberling 1944  
DE-57 Fogg 1943  
DE-633 Foreman 1943  
DE-59 Foss 1943  
DE-222 Fowler 1944  
DE-677 Frament 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-77
DE-220 Francis M. Robinson 1944  
DE-705 Frybarger 1944  
DE-60 Gantner 1943
1945
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-42
DE-639 Gendreau 1943  
DE-62 George W. Ingram 1943
1945
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-43
DE-697 George 1943  
DE-681 Gillette 1943  
DE-679 Greenwood 1943  
DE-795 Gunason 1944  
DE-792 Haines 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-84
DE-678 Harmon 1943  
DE-212 Hayter 1944
1945
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-80
DE-683 Henry R. Kenyon 1943  
DE-794 Hollis 1944
1945
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-86
DE-703 Holton 1944  
DE-155 Hopping 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-51
DE-211 Hubbard 1944
1945
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-53
DE-63 Ira Jeffery 1943
1945
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-44
DE-219 J. Douglas Blackwood 1943  
DE-800 Jack W. Wilke 1944  
DE-201 James E. Craig 1943  
DE-665 Jenks 1944  
DE-204 Jordan 1943  
DE-70 Joseph E. Campbell 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-49
DE-207 Kephart 1944
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-61
DE-159 Laning 1943
1945
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-55
DE-65 Lee Fox 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-45
DE-206 Liddle 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport (APD-60)
DE-209 Lloyd 1944
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-63
DE-680 Loeser 1943  
DE-198 Lovelace 1943  
DE-160 Loy 1943
1945
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-56
DE-796 Major 1944  
DE-791 Maloy 1943  
DE-199 Manning 1943  
DE-699 Marsh 1944  
DE-200 Neuendorff 1943  
DE-205 Newman 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-59
DE-701 Osmus 1944  
DE-210 Otter 1944  
DE-642 Paul G. Baker 1944  
DE-698 Raby 1943  
DE-156 Reeves 1943
1945
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-52
DE-153 Reuben James 1943  
DE-695 Rich 1943 8 Jun 44; mine off Normandy
DE-578 Robert I. Paine 1944  
DE-793 Runels 1944
1945
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-85
DE-676 Schmitt 1943
1945
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-76
DE-214 Scott 1943  
DE-799 Scroggins 1944  
DE-154 Sims 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-50
DE-221 Solar 1944  
DE-223 Spangenburg 1944  
DE-696 Spangler 1943  
DE-789 Tatum 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-81
DE-203 Thomason 1943  
DE-682 Underhill 1943 : 24 Jul 45; kaiten in the Philippine Sea
DE-644 Vammen 1944  
DE-798 Varian 1944  
DE-675 Weber 1943
1944
 
Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-75
DE-797 Weeden 1944  
DE-634 Whitehurst 1943  
DE-641 William C. Cole 1944  
DE-213 William T. Powell 1944  
DE-638 Willmarth 1944  
DE-667 Wiseman 1944  
DE-636 Witter 1943  


Edsall Class:

No. Name                               Comm. Notes (: Lost)                                        
DE-147 Blair 1943  
DE-327 Brister 1943  
DE-148 Brough 1943  
DE-390 Calcaterra 1943  
DE-251 Camp 1943  
DE-391 Chambers 1943  
DE-149 Chatelain 1943  
DE-398 Cockrill 1943  
DE-337 Dale W. Peterson 1944  
DE-335 Daniel 1944  
DE-138 Douglas L. Howard 1943  
DE-389 Durant 1943  
DE-129 Edsall 1943  
DE-324 Falgout 1943  
DE-139 Farquhar 1943  
DE-142 Fessenden 1943  
DE-328 Finch 1943  
DE-143 Fiske 1943 2 Aug 44; torpedoed by U-804 in the Atlantic
DE-135 Flaherty 1943  
DE-334 Forster 1944  
DE-136 Frederick C. Davis 1943 24 Apr 45; torpedoed by U-546 in the Atlantic
DE-144 Frost 1943  
DE-131 Hammann 1943  
DE-316 Harveson 1943  
DE-393 Haverfield 1943  
DE-137 Herbert C. Jones 1943  
DE-141 Hill 1943  
DE-400 Hissem 1944  
DE-401 Holder 1944 11 APR 44; air attack in the Mediterranean
DE-252 Howard D. Crow 1943  
DE-250 Hurst 1943  
DE-145 Huse 1943  
DE-146 Inch 1943  
DE-243 J. Richard Ward 1943  
DE-140 J.R.Y. Blakely 1943  
DE-130 Jacob Jones 1943  
DE-396 Janssen 1943  
DE-317 Joyce 1943  
DE-241 Keith 1943  
DE-318 Kirkpatrick 1943  
DE-331 Koiner 1943  
DE-329 Kretchmer 1943  
DE-388 Lansing 1943  
DE-319 Leopold 1943 9 Mar 44; torpedoed by U-255 in the Atlantic
DE-325 Lowe 1943  
DE-249 Marchand 1943  
DE-338 Martin H. Ray 1944  
DE-320 Menges 1943  
DE-392 Merrill 1943  
DE-383 Mills 1943  
DE-240 Moore 1943  
DE-321 Mosley 1943  
DE-150 Neunzer 1943  
DE-322 Newell 1943  
DE-330 O'Reilly 1943  
DE-244 Otterstetter 1943  
DE-152 Peterson 1943  
DE-253 Pettit 1943  
DE-133 Pillsbury 1943  
DE-151 Poole 1943  
DE-134 Pope 1943  
DE-332 Price 1944  
DE-323 Pride 1943  
DE-382 Ramsden 1943  
DE-384 Rhodes 1943  
DE-385 Richey 1943  
DE-254 Ricketts 1943  
DE-132 Robert E. Peary 1943  
DE-336 Roy O. Hale 1944  
DE-386 Savage 1943  
DE-255 Sellstrom 1943  
DE-245 Sloat 1943  
DE-246 Snowden 1943  
DE-247 Stanton 1943  
DE-238 Stewart 1943  
DE-399 Stockdale 1943  
DE-333 Strickland 1944  
DE-239 Sturtevant 1943  
DE-248 Swasey 1943  
DE-394 Swenning 1943  
DE-326 Thomas J. Gary 1943  
DE-242 Tomich 1943  
DE-387 Vance 1943  
DE-397 Wilhoite 1943  
DE-395 Willis 1943  



Cannon Class:

(*: Lend-Lease to Brazil)
No. Name                               Comm. Notes (: Lost)                                        
DE-167 Acree 1943  
DE-101 Alger *1943  
DE-168 Amick 1943  
DE-169 Atherton 1943  
DE-190 Baker 1943  
DE-739 Bangust 1943  
DE-166 Baron 1943  
DE-170 Booth 1943  
DE-103 Bostwick 1943  
DE-104 Breeman 1943  
DE-747 Bright 1944  
DE-189 Bronstein 1943  
DE-105 Burrows 1943  
DE-99 Cannon *1943  
DE-171 Carroll 1943  
DE-112 Carter 1944  
DE-763 Cates 1943  
DE-100 Christopher *1943  
DE-113 Clarence L. Evans 1944  
DE-191 Coffman 1943  
DE-172 Cooner 1943  
DE-765 Earl K. Olsen 1944  
DE-768 Ebert 1944  
DE-192 Eisner 1944  
DE-173 Eldridge 1943  
DE-764 Gandy 1944  
DE-193 Garfield Thomas 1944  
DE-182 Gustafson 1943  
DE-746 Hemminger 1944  
DE-178 Herzog *1943  
DE-742 Hilbert 1944  
DE-744 Kyne 1944  
DE-743 Lamons 1944  
DE-162 Levy 1943  
DE-174 Marts 1943  
DE-750 McClelland 1944  
DE-163 McConnell 1943  
DE-176 Micka 1943  
DE-770 Muir 1944  
DE-769 Neal A. Scott 1944  
DE-188 O'Neill 1943  
DE-164 Osterhaus 1943  
DE-767 Oswald 1944  
DE-165 Parks 1943  
DE-175 Pennewill *1943  
DE-177 Reybold *1943  
DE-185 Riddle 1943  
DE-196 Rinehart 1944  
DE-749 Roberts 1944  
DE-197 Roche 1944  
DE-183 Samuel S. Miles 1943  
DE-766 Slater 1944  
DE-745 Snyder 1944  
DE-181 Straub 1943  
DE-187 Stern 1943  
DE-771 Sutton 1944  
DE-186 Swearer 1943  
DE-102 Thomas 1943  
DE-195 Thornhill 1944  
DE-748 Tills 1944  
DE-180 Trumpeter 1943  
DE-740 Waterman 1943  
DE-741 Weaver 1943  
DE-184 Wesson 1943  
DE-194 Wingfield 1944  



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Last updated: 12 October 2002

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