Allied Warships

USS Kenneth M. Willett (DE 354)

Destroyer Escort of the John C. Butler class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassJohn C. Butler 
PennantDE 354 
Built byConsolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down10 Jan 1944 
Launched7 Mar 1944 
Commissioned19 Jul 1944 
End service26 Feb 1959 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 24 October 1946.
Recommissioned 25 May 1951.
Decommissioned 26 February 1959.
Stricken 1 July 1972.
Sunk as a target off the coast of Puerto Rico 6 March 1974.

 

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Whitley, M. J.

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