USS Sederstrom DE-31 |
Type: |
Destroyer Escort |
Class: |
Evarts |
Builder: |
Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California, U.S.A. |
Hull Number: |
DE-31 |
Ordered: |
November 1, 1941 |
Commissioned: |
September 11, 1943 |
Keel Laid: |
December 24, 1942 |
Decommissioned: |
November 15, 1945 |
Launched: |
June 15, 1943 |
Stricken: |
November 28, 1945 |
Fate: |
Sold Nov. 24, 1947 to A. G. Schoonmaker Co. Inc., New York, New York and scrapped. |
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Notes: |
Named in honor of Ensign Delmore Sederstrom, USNR (Supply Corps) 1916-1941. Lost in USS Oklahoma BB-37 Dec. 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. |
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Ship's sponsor Mrs. Thomas D. D'Dea. |
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Ordered and laid down a BDE-31 for the United Kingdom. Redesignated June 4, 1943 as Gillette DE-31. Renamed July 30, 1943 as Sederstrom DE-31. |
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Page published Mar. 15, 2018 |