The destroyer escort USS Thomas F. Nickel of the US Navy.
Technical information
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Displacement | 1450 BRT |
| Length | 306 feet |
| Complement | 220 men |
| Armament | 2 5" guns various smaller guns depth charge throwers |
| Max speed | 24 knots |
| Engines | Geared-turbines or turbo-electric (20 ships) |
| Power | 12000 |
| Notes on class |
All ships of the Rudderow class
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| USS Bray (DE 709) | ||
| USS Chaffee (DE 230) | ||
| USS Coates (DE 685) | ||
| USS Day (DE 225) | ||
| USS De Long (DE 684) | ||
| USS Eugene E. Elmore (DE 686) | ||
| USS Hodges (DE 231) | ||
 | USS Holt (DE 706) | |
| USS Jobb (DE 707) | ||
| USS Parle (DE 708) | ||
| USS Rudderow (DE 224) | ||
| USS Charles J. Kimmel (DE 584) | ||
| USS Daniel A. Joy (DE 585) | ||
| USS George A. Johnson (DE 583) | ||
| USS Leslie L.B. Knox (DE 580) | ||
| USS Lough (DE 586) | ||
| USS McNulty (DE 581) | ||
| USS Metivier (DE 582) | ||
| USS Peiffer (DE 588) | ||
| USS Riley (DE 579) | ||
| | USS Thomas F. Nickel (DE 587) | |
| USS Tinsman (DE 589) | ||
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US Navy (more on See all Destroyer Escort classes.