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Allied Warships

USS Janssen (DE 396)

Destroyer Escort of the Edsall class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassEdsall 
PennantDE 396 
Built byBrown Shipbuilding Co. (Houston, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down4 Aug, 1943 
Launched4 Oct, 1943 
Commissioned18 Dec, 1943 
End service12 Apr, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 12 April 1946.
Stricken 1 July 1972.
Sold 15 October 1973 and broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Janssen include:

24 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-546 was sunk north-west of the Azores, in position 43º53'N, 40º07'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Flaherty, USS Neunzer, USS Chatelain, USS Varian, USS Hubbard, USS Janssen, USS Pillsbury and USS Keith. (see map)


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