Allied Warships

USS Jesse Rutherford (DE 347)

Destroyer Escort of the John C. Butler class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassJohn C. Butler 
PennantDE 347 
Built byConsolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down22 Nov 1943 
Launched29 Jan 1944 
Commissioned31 May 1944 
End service21 Jun 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 21 June 1946.
Stricken 1 January 1968.
Sunk as a target off the coast of California 8 December 1968.

 

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1Lt.Cdr. Barklie M Henry, USNR31 May 1944???

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Whitley, M. J.

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