Allied Warships

USS Lough (DE 586)

Destroyer Escort of the Rudderow class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassRudderow 
PennantDE 586 
Built byBethlehem Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down8 Dec 1943 
Launched22 Jan 1944 
Commissioned2 May 1944 
End service24 Jun 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 24 June 1946.
Stricken 1 November 1969.
Sold in October 1970 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Lough (DE 586)

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1Lt.Cdr. Blaney C. Turner, USN2 May 1944???

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.

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