Destroyer Escort of the Edsall class
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Edsall |
| Pennant | DE 146 |
| Built by | Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 19 Jan, 1943 |
| Launched | 4 Apr, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 8 Sep, 1943 |
| End service | 17 May, 1946 |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Decommissioned 17 May 1946.
Stricken 1 October 1972.
Sold 21 March 1974 and broken up for scrap. |
| Noteable events involving Inch include: 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) |
