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    USS Rudderow (DE-224) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escorts, in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1947. After spending decades...
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    as convoy escorts and anti-submarine warfare ships. The lead ship was USS Rudderow which was launched on 14 October 1943. The ships had General Electric...
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    formerly USS McAnn (DE-179) is preserved in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The modified Rudderow-class destroyer escort, ARC Cordoba (DT-15), formerly USS Ruchamkin (APD-89)...
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    USS McNulty (DE-581) was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II. John Thomas McNulty was born on 23 April 1897...
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  • (DD-183) in 1959 USS Ray K. Edwards (DE-237), a Rudderow-class destroyer escort converted during construction into the high-speed transport USS Ray K. Edwards (APD-96)...
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    stacked davit configuration. The third group of APDs were converted from 51 Rudderow-class destroyer escorts built in 1943-1945. All but one of these were converted...
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    High-speed transport Crosley-class high speed transport - APDs converted from Rudderow-class DEs List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships § High-speed...
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    attached to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Two. USS Cread was laid down as Rudderow-class destroyer escort "DE-227" on 16 October 1943 at the Philadelphia...
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    USS Royone (IX-235) USS Royston (YFB-44) USS Ruby (PY-21) USS Ruchamkin (DE-228/APD-89/LPR-89) USS Rudderow (DE-224) USS Ruddy (AM-380/MSF-380) USS Rudolph Blumberg...
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  • to December 1918 USS Williams (DD-108), a Wickes-class destroyer, in commission from 1919 to 1940 USS Williams (DE-290), a Rudderow-class destroyer escort...
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  • Wickes-class destroyer, launched in 1918 and sold in 1922 USS DeLong (DE-684), a Rudderow-class destroyer escort, launched in 1943 and struck in 1969...
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    USS Upham (APD-99), ex-DE-283, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946. Upham was laid down as the Rudderow-class...
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  • Young (DE-723) a Rudderow-class destroyer escort whose construction order was canceled in 1944 USS Walter X. Young (DE-715), a Rudderow-class destroyer...
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    USS Holt (DE-706) was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. She was named after William Mack Holt. William Mack Holt was born on...
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    frigates HMS Drury (K316) 10 of 148 Buckley-class 2 of 22 Rudderow-class 4 of 50 Rudderow-class destroyer escorts completed as Crosley-class high speed...
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    posthumously awarded the Silver Star. Myers was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Myers (DE-595) on 15 January 1944 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard...
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  • Products Other: Luan Parle (21st century), Irish folk singer USS Parle (DE-708), a Rudderow class destroyer escort Search for "parle" on Wikipedia. Parlay...
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    laid down by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, as a Rudderow-class destroyer escort with the hull number DE-711. She was launched on...
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  • USS Walter X. Young (DE-723) was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built. The name Walter X. Young was approved...
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  • Star for his actions at Oran. Earheart was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Earheart (DE-603) on 20 March 1945 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard...
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    completion, the name was transferred to the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Francovich (DE-606). USS Francovich (DE-606) was laid down on 19 April...
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    He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star. Diachenko was laid down as Rudderow class destroyer escort Alex Diachenko (DE-690) by the Bethlehem Steel Company...
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    He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. Originally projected as a Rudderow-class destroyer escort (DE-692), Wantuck (APD-125) was selected for completion...
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    posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. Ruchamkin was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Ruchamkin (DE-228) on 14 February 1944 by the Philadelphia...
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    presumed dead. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. Originally a Rudderow-class destroyer escort designated DE-718, Kleinsmith was re-designated...
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  • from 1945 to 1946. Arthur L. Bristol was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Arthur L. Bristol (DE-281) on 1 December 1943 by the Charleston...
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    Sound north of Guadalcanal. Knudson was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Knudson (DE-591) on 23 December 1943 by Bethlehem-Hingham...
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    Vietnam War. All of them were converted from Rudderow-class destroyer escorts during construction except for USS Bray (APD-139), which was converted a year...
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    presumed dead 25 August. Harry Li. Corl was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Harry L. Corl (DE-598) on 19 January 1944 by Bethlehem-Hingham...
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  • awarded the Air Medal. Walter S. Gorka was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Walter S. Gorka (DE-604) on 20 March 1945 by Bethlehem-Hingham...
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