Allied Warships

USS Newell (DE 322)

Destroyer Escort of the Edsall class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassEdsall 
PennantDE 322 
Built byConsolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down5 Apr 1943 
Launched29 Jun 1943 
Commissioned30 Oct 1943 
End service21 Sep 1968 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 20 November 1945.
Loaned to United States Coast Guard and (re)commissioned by them as WDE-422 on 20 July 1951.
Returned to the U.S.N. and decommissioned 1 June 1954.
Reclassified as DER-322 on 1 November 1956.
Recommissioned 20 August 1957.
Decommissioned 21 September 1968.
Stricken 23 September 1968.
Sold 15 December 1971 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Newell (DE 322)

Please note that we're still working on this section.

CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Russel J. Roberts, USCG30 Oct 1943???

You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.

Media links


Destroyers of World War Two
Whitley, M. J.

Return to the Allied Warships section