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Destroyer Escorts (DE) Built During WWII

Most recent update: April 17, 2008.

 

Type # Name Shipbuilder Hull # FY Keel Laid Launched Delivered Days on Ways Days in Water Total Days Disposition
DE 1 Unnamed Boston NSY   1941 4-May-42 27-Jun-42 20-Jan-43 54 207 261 To Britain as HMS Bayntun (K 310) 1943, returned 1945, scrapped 1947
DE 2 Unnamed Boston NSY   1941 5-Apr-42 27-Jun-42 18-Feb-43 83 236 319 To Britain as HMS Bazely (K 311) 1943, returned 1945, scrapped 1947
DE 3 Unnamed Boston NSY   1941 22-Sep-42 23-Nov-42 15-Mar-43 62 112 174 To Britain as HMS Berry (K 312) 1943, returned 1946, scrapped 1947
DE 4 Unnamed Boston NSY   1941 22-Sep-42 23-Nov-42 27-Mar-43 62 124 186 To Britain as HMS Blackwood (K 313) 1943, sunk by u-boat off Portland Bill 1944
DE 5 Evarts Boston NSY   1941 17-Oct-42 7-Dec-42 15-Apr-43 51 129 180 Scrapped 1946
DE 6 Wyffels Boston NSY   1941 17-Oct-42 7-Dec-42 21-Apr-43 51 135 186 To China as Tai Kang 1945, to Taiwan 1949, struck 1972
DE 7 Griswold Boston NSY   1941 27-Nov-42 9-Jan-43 28-Apr-43 43 109 152 Scrapped 1946
DE 8 Steele Boston NSY   1941 27-Nov-42 9-Jan-43 4-May-43 43 115 158 Scrapped 1946
DE 9 Carlson Boston NSY   1941 27-Nov-42 9-Jan-43 10-May-43 43 121 164 Scrapped 1946
DE 10 Bebas Boston NSY   1941 27-Nov-42 9-Jan-43 15-May-43 43 126 169 Scrapped 1947
DE 11 Crouters Boston NSY   1941 8-Dec-42 26-Jan-43 25-May-43 49 119 168 Scrapped 1946
DE 12 Unnamed Boston NSY   1941 8-Dec-42 26-Jan-43 2-Jun-43 49 127 176 To Britain as HMS Burges (K 347) 1943, returned 1946, scrapped 1946
DE 13 Brennan Mare Island NSY   1941 28-Feb-42 22-Aug-42 20-Jan-43 175 151 326 Scrapped 1946
DE 14 Doherty Mare Island NSY   1941 28-Feb-42 29-Aug-42 6-Feb-43 182 161 343 Scrapped 1946
DE 15 Austin Mare Island NSY   1941 14-Mar-42 25-Sep-42 13-Feb-43 195 141 336 Scrapped 1946
DE 16 Edgar G. Chase Mare Island NSY   1941 14-Mar-42 26-Sep-42 20-Mar-43 196 175 371 Scrapped 1947
DE 17 Edward C. Daly Mare Island NSY   1941 31-Mar-42 21-Oct-42 3-Apr-43 204 164 368 Scrapped 1947
DE 18 Gilmore Mare Island NSY   1941 31-Mar-42 22-Oct-42 17-Apr-43 205 177 382 Scrapped 1947
DE 19 Burden R. Hastings Mare Island NSY   1941 15-Apr-42 20-Nov-42 1-May-43 219 162 381 Scrapped 1947
DE 20 Lehardy Mare Island NSY   1941 15-Apr-42 21-Nov-42 15-May-43 220 175 395 Scrapped 1947
DE 21 Harold C. Thomas Mare Island NSY   1941 30-Apr-42 18-Dec-42 31-May-43 232 164 396 Scrapped 1947
DE 22 Wileman Mare Island NSY   1941 30-Apr-42 19-Dec-42 11-Jun-43 233 174 407 Scrapped 1947
DE 23 C.R. Greer Mare Island NSY   1941 2-Sep-42 18-Jan-43 25-Jun-43 138 158 296 Scrapped 1947
DE 24 Whitman Mare Island NSY   1941 2-Sep-42 19-Jan-43 3-Jul-43 139 165 304 Scrapped 1947
DE 25 Wintle Mare Island NSY   1941 1-Oct-42 18-Feb-43 10-Jul-43 140 142 282 Scrapped 1947
DE 26 Dempsey Mare Island NSY   1941 1-Oct-42 19-Feb-43 24-Jul-43 141 155 296 Scrapped 1947
DE 27 Duffy Mare Island NSY   1941 29-Oct-42 16-Apr-43 5-Aug-43 169 111 280 Scrapped 1947
DE 28 Emery Mare Island NSY   1941 29-Oct-42 17-Apr-43 14-Aug-43 170 119 289 Scrapped 1947
DE 29 Stadfield Mare Island NSY   1941 26-Nov-42 17-May-43 26-Aug-43 172 101 273 Scrapped 1947
DE 30 Martin Mare Island NSY   1941 26-Nov-42 18-May-43 4-Sep-43 173 109 282 Scrapped 1947
DE 31 Sederstrom Mare Island NSY   1941 24-Dec-42 15-Jun-43 11-Sep-43 173 88 261 Scrapped 1948
DE 32 Fleming Mare Island NSY   1941 24-Dec-42 16-Jun-43 18-Sep-43 174 94 268 Scrapped 1948
DE 33 Tisdale Mare Island NSY   1941 23-Jan-43 28-Jun-43 11-Oct-43 156 105 261 Scrapped 1948
DE 34 Eisele Mare Island NSY   1941 23-Jan-43 29-Jun-43 18-Oct-43 157 111 268 Scrapped 1948
DE 35 Fair Mare Island NSY   1941 24-Feb-43 27-Jul-43 23-Oct-43 153 88 241 To US Army 1947, scrapped 1949
DE 36 Manlove Mare Island NSY   1941 24-Feb-43 28-Jul-43 8-Nov-43 154 103 257 Scrapped 1948
DE 37 Greiner Puget Sound NSY   1941 7-Sep-42 20-May-43 18-Aug-43 255 90 345 Scrapped 1947
DE 38 Wyman Puget Sound NSY   1941 7-Sep-42 3-Jun-43 1-Sep-43 269 90 359 Scrapped 1947
DE 39 Lovering Puget Sound NSY   1941 7-Sep-42 18-Jun-43 17-Sep-43 284 91 375 Scrapped 1947
DE 40 Sanders Puget Sound NSY   1941 7-Sep-42 18-Jun-43 1-Oct-43 284 105 389 Scrapped 1947
DE 41 Brackett Puget Sound NSY   1941 12-Jan-41 1-Aug-43 18-Oct-43 931 78 1009 Scrapped 1947
DE 42 Reynolds Puget Sound NSY   1941 12-Jan-41 1-Aug-43 8-Nov-43 931 99 1030 Scrapped 1947
DE 43 Mitchell Puget Sound NSY   1941 12-Jan-41 1-Aug-43 17-Nov-43 931 108 1039 Scrapped 1947
DE 44 Donaldson Puget Sound NSY   1941 12-Jan-41 1-Aug-43 1-Dec-43 931 122 1053 Scrapped 1947
DE 45 Andres Philadelphia NSY   1941 12-Feb-42 24-Jul-42 15-Mar-43 162 234 396 Scrapped 1946
DE 46 Drury Philadelphia NSY   1941 12-Feb-42 24-Jul-42 20-Apr-43 162 270 432 To Britain 1943 as HMS Cockburn (K 316), returned 1945, scrapped 1947
DE 47 Decker Philadelphia NSY   1941 1-Apr-42 24-Jul-42 3-May-43 114 283 397 To China as Tai Ping, to Taiwan, sunk by Chinese sub 1954
DE 48 Dobler Philadelphia NSY   1941 1-Apr-42 24-Jul-42 17-May-43 114 297 411 Scrapped 1946
DE 49 Doneff Philadelphia NSY   1941 1-Apr-42 24-Jul-42 10-Jun-43 114 321 435 Scrapped 1947
DE 50 Engstrom Philadelphia NSY   1941 1-Apr-42 24-Jul-42 21-Jun-43 114 332 446 Scrapped 1946
DE 51 Buckley Bethlehem Steel   1942 21-Jul-42 9-Jan-43 30-Apr-43 172 111 283 Scrapped 1969
DE 52 Bull Bethlehem Steel   1942 29-Jun-42 3-Feb-43 19-May-43 219 105 324 To Britain 1943 as HMS Bentinck (K 314), returned 1946, scrapped 1946
DE 53 Charles Lawrence Bethlehem Steel   1942 1-Aug-42 16-Feb-43 31-May-43 199 104 303 APD 37, scrapped 1966
DE 54 Daniel T. Griffin Bethlehem Steel   1942 7-Sep-42 25-Feb-43 9-Jun-43 171 104 275 APD 38, to Chile as Virgilio Uribe (DE 29) 1966, training ship 1995
DE 55 Donaldson Bethlehem Steel   1942 15-Oct-42 6-Mar-43 18-Jun-43 142 104 246 To Britain 1943 as HMS Byard (K 315), returned 1946, scrapped 1946
DE 56 Donnell Bethlehem Steel   1942 27-Nov-42 13-Mar-43 26-Jun-43 106 105 211 IX 182, scrapped 1946
DE 57 Fogg Bethlehem Steel   1942 4-Dec-42 20-Mar-43 7-Jul-43 106 109 215 Scrapped 1966
DE 58 Formoe Bethlehem Steel   1942 11-Dec-42 27-Mar-43 15-Jul-43 106 110 216 To Britain 1943 as HMS Calder (K 349), returned 1946, scrapped 1948
DE 59 Foss Bethlehem Steel   1942 31-Dec-42 10-Apr-43 23-Jul-43 100 104 204 Scrapped 1965
DE 60 Gantner Bethlehem Steel   1942 31-Dec-42 17-Apr-43 23-Jul-43 107 97 204 APD 42, to Taiwan as Wen Shan (F 834) 1966, struck 1991
DE 61 Gary Bethlehem Steel   1942 16-Jan-43 1-May-43 4-Aug-43 105 95 200 To Britain 1943 as HMS Duckworth (K 351), returned 1946, scrapped 1946
DE 62 George W. Ingram Bethlehem Steel   1942 6-Feb-43 8-May-43 11-Aug-43 91 95 186 APD 43, to Taiwan as Kang Shan (F 323) 1967, struck 1978
DE 63 Ira Jeffery Bethlehem Steel   1942 13-Feb-43 15-May-43 15-Aug-43 91 92 183 APD 44, sunk as target 1962
DE 64 Lamons Bethlehem Steel   1942 22-Feb-43 22-May-43 23-Aug-43 89 93 182 To Britain 1943 as HMS Duff (K 352), damaged by mine off Holland 1944, returned 1946, scrapped 1947
DE 65 Lee Fox Bethlehem Steel   1942 1-Mar-43 29-May-43 30-Aug-43 89 93 182 APD 45, scrapped 1966
DE 66 Amesbury Bethlehem Steel   1942 8-Mar-43 6-Jun-43 31-Aug-43 90 86 176 APD 46, sunk as target 1960
DE 67 Essington Bethlehem Steel   1942 15-Mar-43 19-Jun-43 7-Sep-43 96 80 176 To Britain 1943 as HMS Essington (K 353), returned 1946, scrapped 1947
DE 68 Bates Bethlehem Steel   1942 29-Mar-43 6-Jun-43 12-Sep-43 69 98 167 APD 47, lost 1945
DE 69 Blessman Bethlehem Steel   1942 22-Mar-43 19-Jun-43 19-Sep-43 89 92 181 APD 48, to Taiwan as Chung Shan (F 845) 1967, struck 1997
DE 70 Joseph E. Campbell Bethlehem Steel   1942 29-Mar-43 26-Jun-43 23-Sep-43 89 89 178 APD 49, to Chile as Riquelme (DE 28) 1966, used for spares
DE 71 Oswald Bethlehem Steel   1942 5-Apr-43 30-Jun-43 29-Sep-43 86 91 177 To Britain 1943 as HMS Affleck (K 462), sunk by u-boat off Cherbourg 1944, raised and sold 1954 as hulk Nostra Senora de Laluz
DE 72 Harmon Bethlehem Steel   1942 12-Apr-43 10-Jul-43 30-Sep-43 89 82 171 To Britain 1943 as HMS Aylmer (K 463), returned 1946, scrapped 1947
DE 73 McAnn Bethlehem Steel   1942 12-Apr-43 10-Jul-43 7-Oct-43 89 89 178 To Britain 1943 as HMS Balfour (K 464), returned 1946, scrapped 1946
DE 74 Ebert Bethlehem Steel   1942 26-Apr-43 17-Jul-43 13-Oct-43 82 88 170 To Britain 1943 as HMS Bentley (K 465), returned 1946, scrapped 1947
DE 75 Eisele Bethlehem Steel   1942 3-May-43 24-Jul-43 17-Oct-43 82 85 167 To Britain 1943 as HMS Bickerton (K 466), sunk by u-boat in the Barents Sea 1944
DE 76 Liddle Bethlehem Steel   1942 10-May-43 31-Jul-43 22-Oct-43 82 83 165 To Britain 1943 as HMS Bligh (K 467), returned 1946, scrapped 1946
DE 77 Straub Bethlehem Steel   1942 10-May-43 31-Jul-43 13-Nov-43 82 105 187 To Britain 1943 as HMS Braithwaite (K 468), returned 1946, scrapped 1946
DE 78 HMS Bullen Bethlehem Steel   1942 17-May-43 7-Aug-43 25-Oct-43 82 79 161 To Britain 1943 as K 460, sunk by u-boat west of Scotland 1944
DE 79 HMS Byron Bethlehem Steel   1942 24-May-43 14-Aug-43 30-Oct-43 82 77 159 To Britain 1943 as K 508, returned 1946, scrapped 1947
DE 80 HMS Conn Bethlehem Steel   1942 2-Jun-43 21-Aug-43 31-Oct-43 80 71 151 To Britain 1943 as K 509, returned 1946, scrapped 1948
DE 81 HMS Cotton Bethlehem Steel   1942 2-Jun-43 21-Aug-43 8-Nov-43 80 79 159 To Britain 1943 as K 510, returned 1946, scrapped 1946
DE 82 HMS Cranstoun Bethlehem Steel   1942 9-Jun-43 28-Aug-43 13-Nov-43 80 77 157 To Britain 1943 as K 511, returned 1946, scrapped 1947
DE 83 HMS Cubitt Bethlehem Steel   1942 9-Jun-43 11-Sep-43 17-Nov-43 94 67 161 To Britain 1943 as K 512, returned 1946, scrapped 1947
DE 84 HMS Curzon Bethlehem Steel   1942 23-Jun-43 18-Sep-43 20-Nov-43 87 63 150 To Britain 1943 as K 513, returned 1946, scrapped 1946
DE 85 HMS Dakins Bethlehem Steel   1942 23-Jun-43 18-Sep-43 23-Nov-43 87 66 153 To Britain 1943 as K 550, damaged by mine off Ostend 1944, scrapped 1947
DE 86 HMS Deane Bethlehem Steel   1942 30-Jun-43 25-Sep-43 26-Nov-43 87 62 149 To Britain 1943 as K 551, returned 1946, scrapped 1946
DE 87 HMS Ekins Bethlehem Steel   1942 5-Jul-43 2-Oct-43 29-Nov-43 89 58 147 To Britain 1943 as K 552 damaged by mine off Ostend 1944, scrapped 1947
DE 88 HMS Fitzroy Bethlehem Steel   1942 24-Jun-43 1-Oct-43 16-Oct-43 99 15 114 To Britain 1943 as K 553, returned 1946, scrapped 1946
DE 89 HMS Redmill Bethlehem Steel   1942 14-Jul-43 2-Oct-43 30-Nov-43 80 59 139 To Britain 1943 as K 554, damaged by torpedo off Mayo 1945, returned 1946, scrapped 1947
DE 90 HMS Retalick Bethlehem Steel   1942 21-Jul-43 9-Oct-43 8-Dec-43