Allied Warships

USS Abercrombie (DE 343)

Destroyer Escort of the John C. Butler class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassJohn C. Butler 
PennantDE 343 
Built byConsolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down8 Nov 1943 
Launched14 Jan 1944 
Commissioned1 May 1944 
End service15 Jun 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 15 June 1946.
Stricken 1 May 1967.
Sunk as a target off the coast of California 7 January 1968.

 

Commands listed for USS Abercrombie (DE 343)

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1Lt.Cdr. Bernard H. Katschinski, USNR1 May 1944???

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Media links


Little Ship, Big War

Stafford, Edward P.


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.

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