| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Edsall |
| Pennant | DE 324 |
| Built by | Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 24 May 1943 |
| Launched | 24 Jul 1943 |
| Commissioned | 15 Nov 1943 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 18 April 1947. Loaned to the United States Coast Guard and (re)commissioned by them as WDE-424 on 24 August 1951. Returned to the U.S.N. and decommissioned 21 May 1954. Reclassified as DER-324 on 28 October 1954. Recommissioned 30 June 1955. Decommissioned at an unknown date. Stricken 1 June 1975. Sunk as a target off the coast of California 12 January 1977. |
Commands listed for USS Falgout (DE 324)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. H. A. Meyer, USCG | 15 Nov 1943 | ??? |
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Noteable events involving Falgout include:
5 Dec 1943
USS Falgout picks up 11 survivors from the American tanker Touchet that was torpedoed and sunk on 3 December 1943 by the German submarine U-193 in the Gulf of Mexico in position 25º50'N, 86º30'W.