Destroyer Escort of the Edsall class
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Edsall |
| Pennant | DE 145 |
| Built by | Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 11 Jan, 1943 |
| Launched | 23 Mar, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 30 Aug, 1943 |
| End service | Jun, 1965 |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Decommissioned 27 March 1946.
Recommissioned 3 August 1951.
Decommissioned in June 1965.
Stricken 1 August 1973.
Sold 11 June 1974 and broken up for scrap. |
| Noteable events involving Huse include: 7 Apr, 1944
The German submarine U-856 was sunk in the North Atlantic east of New York, in position 40º18'N, 62º22'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Champlin and the US destroyer escort USS Huse. (see map) 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) |
