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USS Frost (DE 144)

Destroyer Escort of the Edsall class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassEdsall 
PennantDE 144 
Built byConsolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down13 Jan, 1943 
Launched21 Mar, 1943 
Commissioned30 Aug, 1943 
End service18 Jun, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 18 June 1946.
Stricken 1 April 1965.
Sold 29 December 1966 and broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Frost include:

26 Apr, 1944
The German submarine U-488 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic west of Cape Verde in position 17º54'N, 38º05'W by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Frost, USS Huse, USS Barber and USS Snowden. (see map)

12 Jun, 1944
The German submarine U-490 was sunk north-west of the Azores in position 42º47'N, 40º08'W by depth charges from the US escort carrier USS Croatan, and depth charges from the destroyer escorts USS Frost, USS Huse and USS Inch. (see map)

3 Jul, 1944
The German submarine U-154 was sunk west of Madeira, Portugal, in approximate position 34º00'N, 19º30'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Inch and USS Frost. (see map)

15 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-1235 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 42º54'N, 30º25'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Stanton and USS Frost. (see map)

16 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-880 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 47º18'N, 30º26'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Stanton and USS Frost. (see map)




USS Frost

Kerrigan, Warren J.

Books dealing with this subject include:

USS Frost, Kerrigan, Warren J., 2001


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