Allied Warships

USS Rudderow (DE 224)

Destroyer Escort of the Rudderow class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassRudderow 
PennantDE 224 
Built byPhiladelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down15 Jul 1943 
Launched14 Oct 1943 
Commissioned15 May 1944 
End service15 Jan 1947 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 15 January 1947.
Stricken 1 November 1969.
Sold in October 1970 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Rudderow (DE 224)

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1Lt.Cdr Malcolm W. Greenough, USNR15 May 1944???

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.

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