USS French
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| 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 |
| Stricken | 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 |
| Armament |
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USS French (DE-367) was a
Guadalcanal Campaign
.
Namesake
Neldon Theo French was born on 25 July 1918 in
Navy Cross for his heroism in fighting to his death in a defensive post on the Matanikau River and shared in the Presidential Unit Citation
awarded his division for its performance in the initial landings on Guadalcanal.
History
French was
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.
World War II
French arrived at
Okinawa
on this assignment on 8 and 9 July.
From 24 to 27 July 1945, French was in charge of rescue operations on a grounded
Palaus. She lightened the grounded ship by removing some of her cargo so that the tugboat USS Tonkawa could get the freighter off. Escorting the tug and her tow, French returned to Hollandia 31 July, then sailed back to Peleliu. Between 4 and 7 August she took part in the search for survivors of the cruiser USS Indianapolis
which had been torpedoed and sunk, before returning to Peleliu.
On 26 August 1945, French arrived at
U.S. West Coast
.
Post-war decommissioning
French was
Navy list
and, on 20 September 1973, she was sold for scrapping.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
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