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Allied Warships

USS Neal A. Scott (DE 769)

Destroyer Escort of the Cannon class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassCannon 
PennantDE 769 
Built byTampa Shipbuilding Co. Inc. (Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Jun, 1943 
Launched4 Jun, 1944 
Commissioned31 Jul, 1944 
End service30 Apr, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 30 April 1946.
Stricken 1 June 1968.
Sold in July 1969 and broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Neal A. Scott include:

22 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-518 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-west of the Azores, in position 43º26'N, 38º23'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Carter and USS Neil A. Scott. (see map)


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