Edsall-class destroyer escort

Class of American destroyer escorts

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USS Edsall

Class overview
Name| Edsall class
Builders|

* Consolidated Steel, TX (47)
* Brown Shipbuilding, TX (38)

Operators|

* United States Navy
* United States Coast Guard
* Mexican Navy
* Philippine Navy
* Tunisian National Navy
* Republic of Vietnam Navy
* Vietnam People's Navy

Preceded by| Cannon class
Succeeded by| Rudderow class
In commission| 1943–2015
Planned| 85
Completed| 85
Lost| 5
Retired| 84
Scrapped| 75
Preserved| 1
General characteristics
Type| Destroyer escort
Displacement|

* 1,253 tons standard
* 1,590 tons full load

Length| 306 ft (93.3 m)
Beam| 36 ft 7 in (11.2 m)
Draft| 10 ft 5 in (3.2 m)
Propulsion| 2-shaft Fairbanks-Morse geared diesel engines, 6,000 bhp (4,500 kW)
Speed| 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range| 10,800 nmi (20,000 km; 12,400 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement| 186
Sensors and
processing systems| 1 × SC radar
Armament|

* 3 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns
* 1 × twin 40 mm AA guns
* 8 × single 20 mm AA guns
* 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
* 8 × depth charge projectors
* 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog)
* 2 × depth charge tracks

The Edsall-class destroyer escorts were destroyer escorts built primarily for ocean antisubmarine 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, with a type of engine used in the submarines of the time. The FMR's substitution for a diesel-electric power plant was the essential difference from the predecessor Cannon ("DET") class.[1] This was the only World War II destroyer escort class in which all the ships originally ordered were completed as United States Navy destroyer escorts.[2]

Destroyer escorts were regular companions escorting the vulnerable cargo ships. Late in the war, plans were made to replace the 3-inch (76 mm) guns with 5-inch (127 mm) guns, but only Camp was refitted (after a collision). In total, all 85 were completed by two shipbuilding companies: Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas (47), and Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas (38). Most were en route to the Pacific Theater when Japan surrendered. One of the ships participated in Operation Dragoon and two were attacked by German guided missiles.

## Hull numbers

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A total of 85 Edsall-class destroyer escorts were built.

* DE-129 through DE-152 Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
* DE-238 through DE-255 Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
* DE-316 through DE-338 Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
* DE-382 through DE-401 Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas

### Fate

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### Destroyed or damaged in combat

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* USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136) – sunk 24 April 1945 by U-546 in the North Atlantic
* USS Fiske (DE-143) – sunk 2 August 1944 by U-804 north of the Azores
* USS Leopold (DE-319) – torpedoed 9 March 1944 by U-255 south of Iceland
* USS Menges (DE-320) – torpedoed 20 April 1944 by U-371 off Algiers, damaged
* USS Holder (DE-401) – damaged 11 April 1944 off Algiers by German aircraft

### Transferred to US Coast Guard from 1951 to 1954

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USS Lansing in 1963

* USS Newell (DE-322) – redesignated WDE-422
* USS Falgout (DE-324) – redesignated WDE-424
* USS Lowe (DE-325) – redesignated WDE-425
* USS Finch (DE-328) – redesignated WDE-428
* USS Koiner (DE-331) – redesignated WDE-431
* USS Forster (DE-334) – redesignated WDE-434
* USS Ramsden (DE-382) – redesignated WDE-482
* USS Richey (DE-385) – redesignated WDE-485
* USS Vance (DE-387) – redesignated WDE-487
* USS Lansing (DE-388) – redesignated WDE-488
* USS Durant (DE-389) – redesignated WDE-489
* USS Chambers (DE-391) – redesignated WDE-491

### Transferred to other countries

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* USS Hurst (DE-250) – transferred to the Mexican Navy as Comodoro Manuel Azueta (A06), last of class in active service (decommissioned 2015)
* USS Camp (DE-251) – transferred to South Vietnam as Tran Hung Dao. Later, to Philippines as BRP Rajah Lakandula (PF-4)
* USS Thomas J. Gary (DE-326) – transferred to Tunisia
* USS Forster (DE-334) – transferred to South Vietnam as Tran Khanh Du. Later, captured by North Vietnam and used as training vessel

### Notable ships of class

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* USS Pillsbury (DE-133) sister ship of USS Pope. Was in TG 22.3 with Pope and participated in the capture of U-boat U-505.
* USS Joyce (DE-317) Participated in the sinking of U-boat U-550.
* USS Peterson (DE-152) Also participated in the sinking of U-boat U-550.
* USS Pope (DE-134) was in Task Force 22.3 that was centered on escort carrier USS Guadalcanal, which captured German U-boat U-505.
* USS Flaherty (DE-135) was in TG 22.3 with Pope, Pillsbury and Chatelain and participated in the capture of U-505.
* USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136) and USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137) each received a Navy Unit Commendation for action during the Anzio campaign.
* USS Frost (DE-144) sank 5 German U-boats and awarded Presidential Unit Citation, 7 battle stars.
* USS Chatelain (DE-149) was in TG 22.3 with Pope and Pillsbury and participated in the capture of U-505.
* USS Stewart (DE-238) – the sole surviving example of the Edsall-class; a museum ship in Galveston, Texas.
* USS Kretchmer (DE-329) received a Navy Unit Commendation for action three days after the war ended.
* USS Stanton (DE-247) won two battle stars in a single engagement sinking two U-boats with the USS Frost (DE-144).

## Ships in Class

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Construction data  Ship name  | Hull no. | Builder  | Laid down  | Launched  | Commissioned  | Decommissioned  | Fate

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Edsall | DE-129  | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas | 2 July 1942  | 1 November 1942  | 10 April 1943  | 11 June 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 June 1968, sold for scrap in July 1969
Jacob Jones | DE-130  | 16 June 1942  | 29 November 1942  | 29 April 1943  | 26 July 1946  | Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 22 August 1973
Hammann) (ex-Langley)  | DE-131  | 10 July 1942  | 13 December 1942  | 17 May 1943  | 24 October 1945  | Struck from Navy List 1 October 1972, sold for scrap 18 January 1974
Robert E. Peary | DE-132  | 30 June 1942  | 2 January 1943  | 31 May 1943  | 13 June 1947  | Struck from Navy List 1 July 1966, sold for scrap 6 September 1967
Pillsbury | DE-133  | 18 July 1942  | 10 January 1943  | 7 June 1943  | 1 May 1947  | Reclassified DER-133 in August 1954. Struck from Navy List 1 July 1965, sold for scrap in 1966
15 March 1955  | 20 June 1960
Pope | DE-134  | 14 July 1942  | 12 January 1943  | 25 June 1943  | 17 May 1946  | Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 22 August 1973
Flaherty | DE-135  | 7 November 1942  | 17 January 1943  | 26 June 1943  | 17 June 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 April 1965, sold for scrap 4 November 1966
Frederick C. Davis | DE-136  | 9 November 1942  | 24 January 1943  | 14 July 1943  | —  | Torpedoed and sunk by German U-546 in Western Atlantic on 24 April 1945
Herbert C. Jones | DE-137  | 30 November 1942  | 19 January 1943  | 21 July 1943  | 2 May 1947  | Struck from Navy List 1 July 1972, sold for scrap 19 July 1973
Douglas L. Howard | DE-138  | 8 December 1942  | 24 January 1943  | 29 July 1943  | 17 June 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 October 1972, sold for scrap 14 May 1974
Farquhar | DE-139  | 14 December 1942  | 13 February 1943  | 5 August 1943  | 14 June 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 October 1972, sold for scrap 21 March 1974
J. R. Y. Blakely | DE-140  | 16 December 1942  | 7 March 1943  | 16 August 1943  | 14 June 1946  | Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 22 August 1973
Hill | DE-141  | 21 December 1942  | 28 February 1943  | 16 August 1943  | 7 June 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 October 1972, sold for scrap 18 January 1974
Fessenden | DE-142  | 4 January 1943  | 9 March 1943  | 25 August 1943  | 24 June 1946  | Reclassified DER-142 1 October 1951. Struck from Navy List 1 September 1966, sunk as a target off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 20 December 1967
4 March 1952  | 30 June 1960
Fiske | DE-143  | 4 January 1943  | 14 March 1943  | 25 August 1943  | —  | Torpedoed and sunk by German U-804 north of the Azores on 2 August 1944
Frost | DE-144  | 13 January 1943  | 21 March 1943  | 30 August 1943  | 18 June 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 April 1965, sold for scrap 29 December 1966
Huse | DE-145  | 11 January 1943  | 23 March 1943  | 30 August 1943  | 27 March 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 August 1973, sold for scrap 24 June 1974
3 August 1951  | 30 June 1965
Inch | DE-146  | 19 January 1943  | 4 April 1943  | 8 September 1943  | 17 May 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 October 1972, sold for scrap 21 March 1974
Blair | DE-147  | 19 January 1943  | 6 April 1943  | 13 September 1943  | 28 June 1946  | Reclassified DER-147 1 November 1956. Struck from Navy List 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 20 September 1974
5 October 1951  | 13 November 1956
2 December 1957  | 15 June 1960
Brough | DE-148  | 22 January 1943  | 10 April 1943  | 18 September 1943  | 22 March 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 November 1965, sold for scrap 13 October 1966
7 September 1951  | 30 June 1965
Chatelain | DE-149  | 25 January 1943  | 21 April 1943  | 22 September 1943  | 14 June 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 August 1973, sold for scrap 24 June 1974
Neunzer | DE-150  | 29 January 1943  | 27 April 1943  | 27 September 1943  | January 1947  | Struck from Navy List 1 July 1972, sold for scrap 1 November 1973
Poole | DE-151  | 13 February 1943  | 8 May 1943  | 29 September 1943  | January 1947  | Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 30 January 1974
Peterson | DE-152  | 28 February 1943  | 15 May 1943  | 29 September 1943  | 1 May 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 August 1973, sold for scrap in 1974
2 May 1952  | June 1965
Stewart | DE-238  | Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas  | 15 July 1942  | 22 November 1942  | 31 May 1943  | January 1947  | Struck from Navy List 1 October 1972; Donated as a museum ship in Galveston, Texas on 25 June 1974
Sturtevant | DE-239  | 15 July 1942  | 3 December 1942  | 16 June 1943  | 24 March 1946  | Reclassified DER-239 1 November 1956. Struck from Navy List 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 20 September 1973
3 August 1951  | 31 October 1956
5 October 1957  | June 1960
Moore | DE-240  | 20 July 1942  | 21 December 1942  | 1 July 1943  | 30 June 1947  | Struck from Navy List 1 August 1973, sunk as a target off Virginia on 13 June 1975
Keith (ex-Scott)  | DE-241  | 4 August 1942  | 21 December 1942  | 19 July 1943  | 20 September 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 November 1972, sold for scrap in 1973
Tomich | DE-242  | 15 September 1942  | 28 December 1942  | 27 July 1943  | 20 September 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 November 1972, sold for scrap 20 January 1974
J. Richard Ward (ex-James R. Ward)  | DE-243  | 30 September 1942  | 6 January 1943  | 5 July 1943  | 13 June 1946  | Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 10 April 1972
Otterstetter | DE-244  | 9 November 1942  | 19 January 1943  | 6 August 1943  | 21 September 1946  | Reclassified DER-244 in December 1951. Struck from Navy List 1 August 1974, sunk as a target off Puerto Rico on 15 February 1976
6 June 1952  | 20 June 1960
Sloat | DE-245  | 21 November 1942  | 21 January 1943  | 16 August 1943  | 6 August 1947  | Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 10 April 1972
Snowden | DE-246  | 7 December 1942  | 19 February 1943  | 23 August 1943  | 29 March 1946  | Struck from Navy List 23 September 1968, sunk as a target off Newport, Rhode Island 23 June 1969
6 June 1951  | August 1960
2 October 1961  | 23 September 1968
Stanton | DE-247  | 7 December 1942  | 21 February 1943  | 7 August 1943  | 2 June 1947  | Struck from Navy List 1 December 1970
Swasey | DE-248  | 30 December 1942  | 18 March 1943  | 31 August 1943  | 15 January 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 November 1972, sold for scrap 30 January 1974
Marchand | DE-249  | 30 December 1942  | 20 March 1943  | 8 September 1943  | 25 April 1947  | Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 30 January 1974
Hurst | DE-250  | 27 January 1943  | 14 April 1943  | 30 August 1943  | 1 May 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 December 1972. Transferred to Mexico as Comodoro Manual Azueta on 1 October 1973
Camp | DE-251  | 27 January 1943  | 16 April 1943  | 16 September 1943  | 1 May 1946  | Reclassified DER-251 21 October 1951. Transferred to South Vietnam as Tran Hung Dao 13 February 1971. Struck from Navy List while in South Vietnamese service on 30 December 1975. Escaped to the Philippines and transferred to the Philippine Navy as Rajah Lakandula 5 April 1976
31 July 1956  | 13 February 1971
Howard D. Crow | DE-252  | 6 February 1943  | 26 April 1943  | 27 September 1943  | 22 May 1946  | Struck from Navy List 23 September 1968, sold for scrap in October 1970
6 July 1951  | 23 September 1968
Pettit | DE-253  | 6 February 1943  | 28 April 1943  | 23 September 1943  | 6 May 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 August 1973, sunk as a target off Puerto Rico on 30 September 1974
Ricketts | DE-254  | 16 March 1943  | 10 May 1943  | 5 October 1943  | 17 April 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 November 1972, sold for scrap 18 January 1974
Sellstrom | DE-255  | 16 March 1943  | 12 May 1943  | 12 October 1943  | 13 June 1946  | Reclassified DER-255 21 October 1955. Struck from Navy List 1 November 1965, sold for scrap in April 1967
1 October 1956  | June 1960
Harveson | DE-316  | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas | 9 March 1943  | 22 May 1943  | 12 October 1943  | 9 May 1947  | Reclassified DER-316 13 September 1950. Struck from Navy List 1 December 1966, sunk as a target off California on 10 October 1967
12 February 1951  | 30 June 1960
Joyce | DE-317  | 8 March 1943  | 26 May 1943  | 30 September 1943  | 1 May 1946  | Reclassified DER-317 13 September 1950. Struck from Navy List 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 11 September 1973
28 February 1951  | 17 June 1960
Kirkpatrick | DE-318  | 15 March 1943  | 5 June 1943  | 23 October 1943  | 1 May 1946  | Reclassified DER-318 1 October 1951. Struck from Navy List 1 August 1974, sold for scrap 12 March 1975
23 February 1952  | 24 June 1960
Leopold | DE-319  | 24 March 1943  | 12 June 1943  | 18 October 1943  | —  | Torpedoed and sunk by German U-255 south of Iceland on 10 March 1944
Menges | DE-320  | 22 March 1943  | 15 June 1943  | 26 October 1943  | January 1947  | Torpedoed in stern by German U-371 in the Gulf of Bougie on 3 May 1944; stern repaired at Brooklyn Navy Yard using the stern of the damaged Holder and returned to service 26 September 1944. Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrapping 10 April 1972.
Mosley | DE-321  | 6 April 1943  | 26 June 1943  | 30 October 1943  | 15 March 1946  | Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 22 August 1973
Newell | DE-322  | 5 April 1943  | 29 June 1943  | 30 October 1943  | 20 November 1945  | Commissioned into the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Newell (WDE-422) on 20 July 1951. Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 1 June 1954. Reclassified DER-322 1 November 1956. Struck from Navy List 23 September 1968, sold for scrap 15 December 1971
20 August 1957  | 21 September 1968
Pride | DE-323  | 12 April 1943  | 3 July 1943  | 13 November 1943  | 26 April 1946  | Commissioned into the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Pride (WDE-423) on 20 July 1951. Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 1 June 1954. Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 30 January 1974
Falgout | DE-324  | 26 May 1943  | 24 July 1943  | 15 November 1943  | 18 April 1947  | Commissioned into the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Falgout (WDE-424) on 24 August 1951. Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 21 May 1954. Reclassified DER-324 28 October 1954. Struck from Navy List 1 June 1975, sunk as a target off California 12 January 1977
30 June 1955  | 10 October 1969
Lowe | DE-325  | 24 May 1943  | 28 July 1943  | 22 November 1943  | 1 May 1946  | Commissioned into the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Lowe (WDE-425) on 20 July 1951. Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 1 June 1954. Reclassified DER-325 28 October 1954. Struck from Navy List 23 September 1968, sold for scrap 3 September 1969
15 January 1955  | 23 September 1968
Thomas J. Gary (ex-Gary)  | DE-326  | 15 June 1943  | 21 August 1943  | 27 November 1943  | 7 March 1947  | Renamed from Gary 1 January 1945 to free the name for Light Cruiser CL-147. Reclassified DER-326 1 November 1956. Struck from Navy List 22 October 1973. Transferred to Tunisia and renamed President Bourgiba on 22 October 1973
2 August 1957  | 22 October 1973
Brister (ex-O'Toole)  | DE-327  | 14 June 1943  | 24 August 1943  | 30 November 1943  | 4 October 1946  | Reclassified DER-327 21 October 1955. Struck from Navy List 23 September 1968, sold for scrap 3 November 1971
21 July 1956  | 21 September 1968
Finch | DE-328  | 29 June 1943  | 28 August 1943  | 13 December 1943  | 4 October 1946  | Commissioned into the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Finch (WDE-428) on 21 August 1951. Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 23 April 1954. Reclassified DER-328 21 October 1955. Struck from Navy List 1 February 1974, sold for scrap 27 September 1974
17 September 1956  | 1 October 1973
Kretchmer | DE-329  | 28 June 1943  | 31 August 1943  | 27 December 1943  | 20 September 1946  | Reclassified DER-329 21 October 1955. Struck from Navy List 30 September 1973, sold for scrap 14 May 1974
22 September 1956  | 1 October 1973
O'Reilly | DE-330  | 29 July 1943  | 2 October 1943  | 28 December 1943  | 15 June 1946  | Struck from Navy List 15 January 1971, sold for scrap 10 April 1972
Koiner | DE-331  | 26 July 1943  | 5 October 1943  | 27 December 1943  | 4 October 1946  | Commissioned into the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Koiner (WDE-431) on 20 June 1951. Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 14 May 1954. Reclassified DER-328 28 October 1954. Struck from Navy List 23 September 1968, sold for scrap 3 September 1969
26 August 1955  | 23 September 1968
Price | DE-332  | 24 August 1943  | 30 October 1943  | 12 January 1944  | 16 May 1947  | Reclassified DER-332 21 October 1955. Struck from Navy List 1 August 1974, sold for scrap 12 March 1975
1 August 1956  | 30 June 1960
Strickland | DE-333  | 23 August 1943  | 2 November 1943  | 10 January 1944  | 15 June 1946  | Reclassified DER-333 1 October 1951. Struck from Navy List 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 10 September 1974
2 February 1952  | 17 June 1960
Forster | DE-334  | 31 August 1943  | 13 November 1943  | 25 January 1944  | 15 June 1946  | Commissioned into the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Forster (WDE-434) on 29 June 1951. Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 25 May 1954. Reclassified DER-334 21 October 1955. Struck from Navy List 25 September 1971. Transferred to South Vietnam and renamed Tran Khanh Du on 25 September 1971. Captured by North Vietnam and renamed Dai Ky 29 April 1975, retained in Vietnamese service after fall of South Vietnam
23 October 1956  | 25 September 1971
Daniel | DE-335  | 30 August 1943  | 16 November 1943  | 24 January 1944  | 12 April 1946  | Struck from Navy List 15 January 1971, sold for scrap 30 January 1974
Roy O. Hale | DE-336  | 13 September 1943  | 20 November 1943  | 3 February 1944  | 11 July 1946  | Reclassified DER-336 21 October 1955. Struck from Navy List 1 August 1974, sold for scrap 12 March 1975
29 January 1957  | 15 July 1963
Dale W. Peterson | DE-337  | 25 October 1943  | 22 December 1943  | 17 February 1944  | 27 March 1946  | Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 10 April 1972
Martin H. Ray | DE-338  | 27 October 1943  | 29 December 1943  | 28 February 1944  | March 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 May 1966, sold for scrap 30 March 1967
Ramsden | DE-382  | Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas  | 26 March 1943  | 24 May 1943  | 19 October 1943  | 13 June 1946  | Commissioned into the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Ramsden (WDE-482) on 1 April 1952. Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 28 June 1954. Reclassified DER-382 1 November 1956. Struck from Navy List 1 August 1974, later sunk as a target
10 December 1957  | 23 June 1960
Mills | DE-383  | 26 March 1943  | 26 May 1943  | 12 October 1943  | 14 June 1946  | Reclassified DER-383 on 1 November 1956. Struck from Navy List 1 August 1974, sold for scrap 12 March 1975
3 October 1957  | 27 October 1970
Rhodes | DE-384  | 19 April 1943  | 29 June 1943  | 25 October 1943  | 13 June 1946  | Reclassified DER-384 on 28 October 1954. Struck from Navy List 1 August 1974, sold for scrap 12 March 1975
1 August 1955  | 10 July 1963
Richey | DE-385  | 19 April 1943  | 30 June 1943  | 30 October 1943  | January 1947  | Commissioned into the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Richey (WDE-485) on 1 April 1952. Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 28 June 1954. Struck from Navy List 30 June 1968, sunk as a target off California in July 1969
Savage | DE-386  | 30 April 1943  | 15 July 1943  | 29 October 1943  | 13 June 1946  | Reclassified DER-386 on 28 October 1954. Struck from Navy List 1 June 1975, sunk as a target off California 25 October 1982
18 February 1955  | 17 October 1969
Vance | DE-387  | 30 April 1943  | 16 July 1943  | 1 November 1943  | 27 February 1946  | Commissioned into the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Vance (WDE-487) on 9 May 1952. Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 16 June 1954. Reclassified DER-387 21 October 1955. Struck from Navy List 1 June 1975, later sunk as a target in 1985
5 October 1956  | 10 October 1969
Lansing | DE-388  | 15 May 1943  | 2 August 1943  | 10 November 1943  | 25 April 1946  | Commissioned into the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Lansing (WDE-488) on 15 June 1952. Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 29 March 1954. Reclassified DER-388 21 October 1955. Struck from Navy List 1 February 1974, sold for scrap 16 August 1974
18 December 1956  | 21 May 1965
Durant | DE-389  | 15 May 1943  | 3 August 1943  | 16 November 1943  | 27 February 1946  | Commissioned into the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Durant (WDE-489) on 9 May 1952. Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 16 June 1954. Reclassified DER-389 7 December 1955. Struck from Navy List 1 April 1974, sold for scrap 16 August 1974
7 December 1956  | June 1964
Calcaterra | DE-390  | 28 May 1943  | 16 August 1943  | 17 November 1943  | 1 May 1946  | Reclassified DER-390 28 October 1954. Struck from Navy List 2 July 1973, sold for scrap 14 May 1974
12 September 1955  | 2 July 1973
Chambers | DE-391  | 28 May 1943  | 17 August 1943  | 22 November 1943  | 22 April 1946  | Commissioned into the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Chambers (WDE-491) on 11 June 1952. Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 30 July 1954. Reclassified DER-391 28 October 1954. Struck from Navy List 1 March 1975, sold for scrap 24 September 1975
1 June 1955  | 20 June 1960
Merrill | DE-392  | 1 July 1943  | 29 August 1943  | 27 November 1943  | 1 May 1946  | Struck from Navy List 2 April 1971, sold for scrap 30 September 1974
Haverfield | DE-393  | 1 July 1943  | 30 August 1943  | 29 November 1943  | 30 June 1947  | Reclassified DER-393 2 September 1954. Struck from Navy List 2 June 1969, sold for scrap 15 December 1971
4 January 1955  | 2 June 1969
Swenning | DE-394  | 17 July 1943  | 13 September 1943  | 1 December 1943  | 18 June 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 July 1972, sold for scrap 17 January 1974
Willis | DE-395  | 17 July 1943  | 14 September 1943  | 10 December 1943  | 14 June 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 July 1972, sold for scrap later in 1972
Janssen | DE-396  | 4 August 1943  | 4 October 1943  | 18 December 1943  | 19 June 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 July 1972, sold for scrap 15 October 1973
Wilhoite | DE-397  | 4 August 1943  | 5 October 1943  | 16 December 1943  | 19 June 1946  | Reclassified DER-397 2 September 1954. Struck from Navy List 2 July 1969, sold for scrap 19 July 1972
29 January 1955  | 2 July 1969
Cockrill | DE-398  | 31 August 1943  | 29 October 1943  | 24 December 1943  | 21 June 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 August 1973, sunk as a target off Florida on 19 November 1974
Stockdale | DE-399  | 31 August 1943  | 30 October 1943  | 31 December 1943  | 15 June 1946  | Struck from Navy List 1 July 1972, sunk as a target off Florida on 24 May 1974
Hissem | DE-400  | 6 October 1943  | 26 December 1943  | 13 January 1944  | 15 June 1946  | Reclassified DER-400 21 October 1955. Struck from Navy List 1 June 1975, sunk as a target off California on 24 February 1982
31 August 1956  | 15 May 1970
Holder | DE-401  | 6 October 1943  | 27 December 1943  | 18 January 1944  | 13 September 1944  | Torpedoed by German aircraft northeast of Algiers on 11 April 1944. Struck from Navy List 23 September 1944. Stern used to repair Menges. Remainder of ship sold for scrap 19 June 1947

## References

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1. ^ Rivet, Eric; Stenzel, Michael (22 April 2011). "Classes of Destroyer Escorts". History of Destroyer Escorts. Destroyer Escort Historical Museum. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2012. "Except for the propulsion, the EDSALL class was nearly identical to the CANNON class in every respect. This fourth class of destroyer escort mounted a direct drive diesel configuration that proved to be extremely reliable."
2. ^ U.S. Destroyers, an illustrated design history by Norman Friedman, ISBN 1-55750-442-3 Chapter 7

## External links

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* List of Edsall Class Destroyer Escorts
* USS Fessenden DE/DER-142
* Destroyers OnLine: The Destroyer Escorts
* Edsall class at Destroyer History Foundation

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Edsall-class destroyer escorts

* Edsall
* Jacob Jones
* Langley / Hammann
* Robert E. Peary
* Pillsbury
* Pope
* Flaherty
* Frederick C. Davis
* Herbert C. Jones
* Douglas L. Howard
* Farquhar
* J.R.Y. Blakely
* Hill
* Fessenden
* Fiske
* Frost
* Huse
* Inch
* Blair
* Brough
* Chatelain
* Neunzer
* Poole
* Peterson
* Stewart
* Sturtevant
* Moore
* Scott / Keith
* Tomich
* James R. Ward / J. Richard Ward
* Otterstetter
* Sloat
* Snowden
* Stanton
* Swasey
* Marchand
* Hurst
* Camp
* Howard D. Crow
* Pettit
* Ricketts
* Sellstrom
* Harveson
* Joyce
* Kirkpatrick
* Leopold
* Menges
* Mosley
* Newell
* Pride
* Falgout
* Lowe
* Gary / Thomas J. Gary
* Brister
* Finch
* Kretchmer
* O'Reilly
* Koiner
* Price
* Strickland
* Forster
* Daniel
* Roy O. Hale
* Dale W. Peterson
* Martin H. Ray
* Ramsden
* Mills
* Rhodes
* Richey
* Savage
* Vance
* Lansing
* Durant
* Calcaterra
* Chambers
* Merrill
* Haverfield
* Swenning
* Willis
* Janssen
* Wilhoite
* Cockrill
* Stockdale
* Hissem
* Holder

Post-World War II operators

United States Coast Guard|

* Newell
* Pride
* Falgout
* Lowe
* Finch
* Kretchmer
* Koiner
* Forster
* Ramsden
* Richey
* Vance
* Lansing
* Durant
* Chambers

Mexican Navy|

* Commodore Manuel Azueta / Commodore Manuel Azueta Perillos (ex-Hurst)

Philippine Navy|

* Rajah Lakandula (ex-Trần Hưng Đạo)

Tunisian National Navy|Tunisian Navy|

* President Bourguiba / Indakh (ex-Thomas J. Gary)

Republic of Vietnam Navy|

* Trần Hưng Đạo (ex-Camp)
* Trần Khánh Dư (ex-Forster)

Vietnam People's Navy|

* Dai Ky (ex-Trần Khánh Dư)

* Preceded by: Cannon class
* Followed by: Rudderow class

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United States naval ship classes of World War II

Aircraft carriers|

* Lexington
* RangerS
* Yorktown
* WaspS
* Essex
* MidwayC

Light aircraft carriers|

* Independence
* SaipanC

Escort carriers|

* Long Island
* Charger
* Bogue
* Sangamon
* Casablanca
* Commencement Bay

Battleships|

* Wyoming
* New York
* Nevada
* Pennsylvania
* New Mexico
* Tennessee
* Colorado
* North Carolina
* South Dakota
* Iowa
* MontanaX

Large cruisers|

* Alaska

Heavy cruisers|

* Pensacola
* Northampton
* Portland
* New Orleans
* WichitaS
* Baltimore
* Oregon CityC
* Des MoinesC

Light cruisers|

* Omaha
* Brooklyn
* Atlanta
* Cleveland
* FargoC
* JuneauC
* WorcesterC
* CL-154X

Gunboats|

* Dubuque
* SacramentoS
* Asheville
* PlymouthS
* WilliamsburgS
* St. AugustineS
* VixenS
* Erie
* PGM-1
* PGM-9

Destroyers|

* Sampson
* Caldwell
* Wickes
* Clemson
* Farragut
* Porter
* Mahan
* Gridley
* Bagley
* Somers
* Benham
* Sims
* Benson
* StevensonX
* Gleaves
* Fletcher
* Allen M. Sumner
* Robert H. Smith
* Gearing

Destroyer escorts|

* Evarts
* Buckley
* Cannon
* Edsall
* Rudderow
* John C. Butler

Patrol frigates|

* Asheville
* Tacoma

Patrol boats|

* Action
* PT boat

Minelayers|

* OglalaS
* WassucS
* MonadnockS
* MiantonomahS
* TerrorS
* KeokukS
* SalemS
* WeehawkenS
* Camanche
* Chimo

Minesweepers|

* Lapwing
* Raven
* Auk
* EagleS
* Hawk
* Admirable

Submarines|

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* S
* Barracuda
* ArgonautS
* Narwhal
* DolphinS
* Cachalot
* Porpoise
* Salmon
* Sargo
* Tambor
* Mackerel
* Gato
* Balao
* Tench

Tankers|

* T1 tanker
* T2 tanker
* T3 tanker

Cargo ships|

* Liberty
* Victory
* Haskell
* Andromeda
* Arcturus
* Artemis
* Tolland
* Alstede
* Aldebaran
* Adria
* Acubens
* Arctic
* Denebola
* Hyades
* Mizar

Auxiliary ships|

* Ammunition
* Floating drydock
* Repair dock
* Barracks
* Collier
* Combat stores
* Destroyer tender
* Depot
* High-speed transport
* Hospital
* Ice cream barge
* Net laying
* Motor torpedo boat tender
* Reefer
* Oiler
* Repair
* Seaplane tender
* Submarine tender
* Underway replenishment

Completed after the war

Single ship of class

Cancelled
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