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Allied Warships

USS Farquhar (DE 139)

Destroyer Escort of the Edsall class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassEdsall 
PennantDE 139 
Built byConsolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down14 Dec, 1942 
Launched13 Feb, 1943 
Commissioned5 Aug, 1943 
End service14 Jun, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 14 June 1946.
Stricken 1 October 1972.
Sold 21 March 1974 and broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Farquhar include:

6 May, 1945
The German submarine U-881 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-east of Newfoundland, in position 43º18'N, 47º44'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escort USS Farquhar. (see map)


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