Edsall-class destroyer escort

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Class overview
USS Edsall
Name	Edsall class
Builders	Consolidated Steel, TX Brown Shipbuilding, TX
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. 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.

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

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

Destroyed or damaged in combat

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

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

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

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

Construction data
Ship name	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
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
Pillsbury	DE-133		18 July 1942	10 January 1943	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
Fessenden	DE-142		4 January 1943	9 March 1943	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
Huse	DE-145		11 January 1943	23 March 1943	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
Brough	DE-148		22 January 1943	10 April 1943	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
Peterson	DE-152		28 February 1943	15 May 1943	2 May 1952	June 1965	Struck from Navy List 1 August 1973, sold for scrap in 1974
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
Otterstetter	DE-244		9 November 1942	19 January 1943	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
Camp	DE-251		27 January 1943	16 April 1943	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
Howard D. Crow	DE-252		6 February 1943	26 April 1943	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
Sellstrom	DE-255		16 March 1943	12 May 1943	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
Harveson	DE-316		9 March 1943	22 May 1943	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
Joyce	DE-317		8 March 1943	26 May 1943	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
Kirkpatrick	DE-318		15 March 1943	5 June 1943	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
Newell	DE-322		5 April 1943	29 June 1943	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
Falgout	DE-324		26 May 1943	24 July 1943	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
Lowe	DE-325		24 May 1943	28 July 1943	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
Thomas J. Gary (ex-Gary)	DE-326		15 June 1943	21 August 1943	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
Brister (ex-O'Toole)	DE-327		14 June 1943	24 August 1943	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
Finch	DE-328		29 June 1943	28 August 1943	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
Kretchmer	DE-329		28 June 1943	31 August 1943	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
Koiner	DE-331		26 July 1943	5 October 1943	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
Price	DE-332		24 August 1943	30 October 1943	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
Strickland	DE-333		23 August 1943	2 November 1943	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
Forster	DE-334		31 August 1943	13 November 1943	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
Roy O. Hale	DE-336		13 September 1943	20 November 1943	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
Ramsden	DE-382		26 March 1943	24 May 1943	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
Mills	DE-383		26 March 1943	26 May 1943	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
Rhodes	DE-384		19 April 1943	29 June 1943	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
Savage	DE-386		30 April 1943	15 July 1943	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
Vance	DE-387		30 April 1943	16 July 1943	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
Lansing	DE-388		15 May 1943	2 August 1943	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
Durant	DE-389		15 May 1943	3 August 1943	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
Calcaterra	DE-390		28 May 1943	16 August 1943	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
Chambers	DE-391		28 May 1943	17 August 1943	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
Haverfield	DE-393		1 July 1943	30 August 1943	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
Wilhoite	DE-397		4 August 1943	5 October 1943	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
Hissem	DE-400		6 October 1943	26 December 1943	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

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.
U.S. Destroyers, an illustrated design history by Norman Friedman, ISBN 1-55750-442-3 Chapter 7

External links

Edsall-class destroyer escorts

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

List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy

v t e United States naval ship classes of World War II
Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger Yorktown Wasp Essex Midway
Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan
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 Montana
Large cruisers	Alaska
Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita Baltimore Oregon City Des Moines
Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn Atlanta Cleveland Fargo Juneau Worcester CL-154
Gunboats	Dubuque Sacramento Asheville Plymouth Williamsburg St. Augustine Vixen Erie PGM-1 PGM-9
Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Stevenson 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	Oglala Wassuc Monadnock Miantonomah Terror Keokuk Salem Weehawken Camanche Chimo
Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle Hawk Admirable
Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut Narwhal Dolphin 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
C Completed after the war S Single ship of class X Cancelled

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