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Edsall Class Destroyer Escort Ships

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  • Ens. Lewis Bailey Pride, Jr (1918 - 1941)
    : University Of Kentucky 1936-37/United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Feb 1941 Class Secetary/Treasurer 1941 Awards: Purple Heart Next of Kin: Father, Lewis B. Pride, Mother, Nell (Wade) PrideUSS Pri...
  • LTCR Byron Bruce Newell (1909 - 1942)
    Byron Bruce Newell was born on 29 November 1909 in Camp Hill, Alabama. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy on 5 June 1930. During the next decade he completed flight training and serv...
  • Walter Harold Mosley (1916 - 1942)
    Navy Ensign Walter H. Mosley was the Co-Pilot on PBY-5A #04975 on a recon mission from Midway. The aircraft was attacked and downed. Ensign Mosley was Killed in the acton which occurred on June 4,...
  • ENS Hurbert Hugo Menges (1917 - 1941)
    The following is from Find A Grave Contributor Eric Schumacher. "On Sunday, December 14, 1941 Pastor [Fred] Schumacher made a brief commentary in the Parish Paper on the world events of the previous...
  • ENS Robert Lawrence Leopold (1916 - 1941)
    Enlisted on 12 December 1940 in Louisville, Kentucky Ensign, O-095884, U.S. Navy Communications Watch Officer Missing in Action aboard the USS Arizona (BB-39) The USS Leopold (DE-319) was an Edsall-...

This is for those who served on Edsall Class Destroyer Escort Ships. Media: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsall-class_destroyer_escort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Edsall-class_destroyer_escorts http://destroyerhistory.org/de/edsallclass/ http://www.edsallclassveterans.org/edsall_class_ships.doc.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9G_KXgfFAQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSMC3BWNDWk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ahh5mqYTgk

Trivia:

1) Used in anti-sub warfare and escort duty.

2) Used in the early days of the Cold War as Pickett ships.

Ships:

USS Edsall (DE-129):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Edsall-DE-129/47355

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Edsall_(DE-129)

USS Jacob Jones (DE-130):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Jacob-Jones-DE-130/47518

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jacob_Jones_(DE-130)

USS Hammann (DE-131):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Hammann-DE-131/47867

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hammann_%28DE-131%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hammann_(DE-131)]

USS Robert E. Peary (DE-132):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Robert-E-Peary-DE-132/47868

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Robert_E._Peary_%28DE-132%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Robert_E._Peary_(DE-132)]

USS Pillsbury (DE-133):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Pillsbury-DE-133/48020

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pillsbury_(DE-133)

USS Pope (DE-134):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Frederick-C-Davis-DE-136/47277

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pope_%28DE-134%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pope_(DE-134)]

USS Flaherty (DE-135):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Flaherty-DE-135/49597

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Flaherty_(DE-135)

USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Frederick-C-Davis-DE-136/47277

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Frederick_C._Davis

USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Herbert-C-Jones-DE-137/50590

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Herbert_C._Jones_%28DE-137%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Herbert_C._Jones_(DE-137)]

USS Douglas L. Howard (DE-138):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Douglas-L-Howard-DE-138/53050

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Douglas_L._Howard_(DE-138)

USS Farquhar (DE-139):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Farquhar-DE-139/53056

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Farquhar_%28DE-139%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Farquhar_(DE-139)]

USS J. R. Y. Blakely (DE-140):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-J-R-Y-Blakely-DE-140/53175

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_J.R.Y._Blakely

USS Hill (DE-141):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Hill-DE-141/53179

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hill_%28DE-141%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hill_(DE-141)]

USS Fessenden (DE-142/DER-142):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Fessenden-DE-142-DER-142/53218

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Fessenden_%28DE-142%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Fessenden_(DE-142)]

USS Fiske (DE-143):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Fiske-DE-143/47334

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Fiske_(DE-143)

USS Frost (DE-144):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Frost-DE-144/55546

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Frost_%28DE-144%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Frost_(DE-144)]

USS Huse (DE-145):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Huse-DE-145/56226

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Huse_(DE-145)

USS Inch (DE-146):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Inch-DE-146/141125

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Inch_(DE-146)

USS Blair (DE-147) :

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Blair-DE-147/940752

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Blair

USS Brough (DE-148):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Brough-DE-148/941081

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Brough_%28DE-148%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Brough_(DE-148)]

USS Chatelain (DE-149):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Chatelain-DE-149/996924

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Chatelain_%28DE-149%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Chatelain_(DE-149)]

USS Neunzer (DE-150):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Neunzer-DE-150/4479147

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Neunzer_%28DE-150%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Neunzer_(DE-150)]

USS Poole (DE-151):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Poole-DE-151/4479393

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Poole_%28DE-151%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Poole_(DE-151)]

USS Peterson (DE-152):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Peterson-DE-152/4479876

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Peterson_%28DE-152%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Peterson_(DE-152)]

USS Stewart (DE-238):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Stewart-DE-238/4480317

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stewart_(DE-238)

USS Sturtevant (DE-239):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Sturtevant-DE-239/4481001

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sturtevant_%28DE-239%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sturtevant_(DE-239)]

USS Moore (DE-240):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Moore-DE-240/4481565

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Moore_%28DE-240%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Moore_(DE-240)]

USS Keith (DE-241):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Keith-DE-241/4482172

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Keith_%28DE-241%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Keith_(DE-241)]

USS Tomich (DE-242):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Tomich-DE-242/4482246

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tomich_(DE-242)

USS J. Richard Ward (DE-243):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-J-Richard-Ward-DE-243/4482586

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_J._Richard_Ward_(DE-243)

USS Otterstetter (DE-244):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Otterstetter-DE-244/4483609

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Otterstetter_(DE-244)

USS Sloat (DE-245):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Sloat-DE-245/4484473

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sloat_%28DE-245%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sloat_(DE-245)]

USS Snowden (DE-246):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Snowden-DE-246/4484862

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Snowden_%28DE-246%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Snowden_(DE-246)]

USS Stanton (DE-247):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Stanton-DE-247/4485932

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stanton_(DE-247)

USS Swasey (DE-248):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Swasey-DE-248/4486440

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Swasey_(DE-248)

USS Marchand (DE-249):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Marchand-DE-249/4488795

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Marchand_%28DE-249%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Marchand_(DE-249)]

USS Hurst (DE-250):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Hurst-DE-250/4489179

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hurst_(DE-250)

USS Camp (DE-251):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Camp-DE-251/4489477

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Camp_%28DE-251%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Camp_(DE-251)]

USS Howard D. Crow (DE-252):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Howard-D-Crow-DE-252/4489642

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Howard_D._Crow_(DE-252)

USS Pettit (DE-253):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Pettit-DE-253/4489786

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pettit_%28DE-253%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pettit_(DE-253)]

USS Ricketts (DE-254):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Ricketts-DE-254/4491925

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ricketts_(DE-254)

USS Sellstrom (DE-255):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Sellstrom-DE-255/4492574

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sellstrom_%28DE-255%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sellstrom_(DE-255)]

USS Harveson (DE-316):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Harveson-DE-316/4493015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Harveson_(DE-316)

USS Joyce (DE-317):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Joyce-DE-317/4493413

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Joyce_(DE-317)

USS Kirkpatrick (DE-318):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Kirkpatrick-DE-318/4493664

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kirkpatrick_%28DE-318%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kirkpatrick_(DE-318)]

USS Leopold (DE-319):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Leopold-DE-319/4494038

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Leopold_(DE-319)

USS Menges (DE-320):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Menges-DE-320/4494129

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Menges_%28DE-320%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Menges_(DE-320)]

USS Mosley (DE-321):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Mosley-DE-321/4494317

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Mosley_%28DE-321%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Mosley_(DE-321)]

USS Newell (DE-322):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Newell-DE-322/4494667

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Newell_(DE-322)

USS Pride (DE-323):

https://www.geni.com/projects/USS-Pride-DE-323/4495128

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pride_(DE-323)

USS Falgout (DE-324):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Falgout_(DE-324)

USS Lowe (DE-325):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lowe_%28DE-325%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lowe_(DE-325)]

USS Thomas J. Gary (DE-326):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Thomas_J._Gary_(DE-326)

USS Brister (DE/DER-327) :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Brister

USS Finch (DE-328):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Finch_(DE-328)

USS Kretchmer (DE-329):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kretchmer_(DE-329)

USS O'Reilly (DE-330):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_O%27Reilly_%28DE-330%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_O%27Reilly_(DE-330)]

USS Koiner (DE-331):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Koiner_(DE-331)

USS Price (DE-332):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Price_%28DE-332%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Price_(DE-332)]

USS Strickland (DE-333):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Strickland_%28DE-333%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Strickland_(DE-333)]

USS Forster (DE-334):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Forster_%28DE-334%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Forster_(DE-334)]

USS Daniel (DE-335):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Daniel_%28DE-335%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Daniel_(DE-335)]

USS Roy O. Hale (DE-336):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Roy_O._Hale_%28DE-336%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Roy_O._Hale_(DE-336)]

USS Dale W. Peterson (DE-337):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Dale_W._Peterson_%28DE-337%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Dale_W._Peterson_(DE-337)]

USS Martin H. Ray (DE-338):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Martin_H._Ray_%28DE-338%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Martin_H._Ray_(DE-338)]

USS Ramsden (DE-382):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ramsden_%28DE-382%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ramsden_(DE-382)]

USS Mills (DE-383):

https://www.geni.com/projects/U-S-S-Mills-DE-DER-383/23805

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Mills_(DE-383)

USS Rhodes (DE-384):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Rhodes_%28DE-384%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Rhodes_(DE-384)]

USS Richey (DE-385):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Richey_(DE-385)

USS Savage (DE-386):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Savage_(DE-386)

USS Vance (DE-387):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Vance_(DE-387)

USS Lansing (DE-388):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lansing_%28DE-388%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lansing_(DE-388)]

USS Durant (DE-389/WDE-489/DER-389) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Durant_(DER-389)

USS Calcaterra (DE-390):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Calcaterra_%28DE-390%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Calcaterra_(DE-390)]

USS Chambers (DE-391):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Chambers_(DE-391)

USS Merrill (DE-392):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Merrill_(DE-392)

USS Haverfield (DE-393):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Haverfield_(DE-393)

USS Swenning (DE-394):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Swenning_%28DE-394%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Swenning_(DE-394)]

USS Willis (DE-395):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Willis_%28DE-395%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Willis_(DE-395)]

USS Janssen (DE-396):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Janssen_(DE-396)

USS Wilhoite (DE-397):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wilhoite

USS Cockrill (DE-398):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cockrill_(DE-398)

USS Stockdale (DE-399):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stockdale_%28DE-399%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stockdale_(DE-399)]

USS Hissem (DE-400):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hissem_%28DE-400%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hissem_(DE-400)]

USS Holder (DE-401):

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Holder_%28DE-401%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Holder_(DE-401)]