Allied Warships

USS Trumpeter (DE 180)

Destroyer Escort of the Cannon class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassCannon 
PennantDE 180 
Built byFederal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down7 Jun 1943 
Launched19 Sep 1943 
Commissioned16 Oct 1943 
End service5 Dec 1947 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 5 December 1947.
Stricken 1 August 1973.
Sold 17 July 1974 and broken up for scrap.

 

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1Cdr. John R. Litchfield, USN16 Oct 1943???

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.

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