| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Edsall |
| Pennant | DE 246 |
| Built by | Brown Shipbuilding Co. (Houston, Texas, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 7 Dec, 1942 |
| Launched | 19 Feb, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 23 Aug, 1943 |
| End service | 1 Aug, 1962 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned in March 1946 and placed in reserve with the Atlantic Fleet. Recommissioned on 6 June 1951 for service with the Atlantic Fleet. Decommissioned in August 1960 and placed in service as a Group II, Naval Reserve Training Ship at Philadelphia. Recommissioned again on 2 October 1961 and based at Key West. Decommissioned on 1 August 1962 and again placed in service as a Group II, Naval Reserve Training Ship at Philadelphia. Stricken 23 September 1968. Sunk as a target off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island 27 June 1969. |
| Noteable events involving Snowden include: 26 Apr, 1944 |