USS French (DE-367)
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 United States
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| Name: | French |
| Namesake: | Neldon Theo French |
| Builder: | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
| Laid down: | 1 May 1944 |
| Launched: | 17 June 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 9 October 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 May 1946 |
| Struck: | 15 May 1972 |
| Fate: | sold for scrapping 20 September 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | John C. Butler-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,350 long tons (1,370 t) |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp (8,900 kW); 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 24 kn (44 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 201 enlisted |
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USS French (DE-367) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.
The ship was named in honor of Neldon Theo French who was awarded the Navy Cross for his brave actions in Guadalcanal. She was launched on 17 June 1944 by Consolidated Steel Corp. at their yard in Orange, Texas, sponsored by Mrs. Alma M. French, mother of Corporal French. The vessel was commissioned on 9 October 1944, Lieutenant Commander T. K. Dunstan, USNR, in command.
French arrived at San Diego, California, 2 January 1945 for escort duty in the Pacific Ocean, ranging primarily between Ulithi and Eniwetok through April. Other ports of call during this period were Pearl Harbor, Kossol Roads, Saipan, and Iwo Jima. Arriving in Kossol Roads 6 May, French was assigned to patrol and air-sea rescue duty, as well as local screening. On 5 June she bombarded enemy-held Malakal and Arakabesan Islands, then left Peleliu to return to escort duty out of Ulithi. She called at Okinawa on this assignment on 8 and 9 July.
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