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This is for those who served on Edsall Class Destroyer Escort Ships. Media: 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): USS Jacob Jones (DE-130):
The Destroyer has been called the"Grayhound of the Sea." Those that served on them were called "Tincan Sailors." This is created in memory of my late Father CPO Vernon M. Mathews(1941-2013).
The U.S.S.Mills DE/DER-383(1943-1970) was an Edsall Class destroyer escort .Name for Ensign Lloyd J.Mills(1917-1942) the Mills served in WWII and early Cold War and Operation Deep Freeze. Lloyd Jones Mills BIRTH 13 Jul 1917 DEATH 30 Jul 1942 (aged 25) BURIAL Old Sunnyside Cemetery Sunnyside, Yakima County, Washington, USA MEMORIAL ID 144022553 · View Source Ensign Lloyd J Mills:
NOTE: Picture is of U.S.S. Edsall. Commadore Jacob Nicholas Jones:
USS Edsall (DE-129): Seaman Norman Edsall:
USS Fiske (DE-143): A. Fiske:
USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136): C. Davis: