DESA - Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

563 DEs were built between January 1942 and September 1945. The US Navy's first DE was commissioned 20 January 1943.

More than 300 DE's served in the Atlantic Theatre during WWII

HULL	DE NAME - HISTORY
DE 59	FOSS
DE 352	NAIFEH
DE 361	WALTON
DE 365	McGINTY
DE 406	EDMONDS
DE 422	DOUGLAS A. MUNRO
DE 440	McCOY REYNOLDS
DE 441	WILLIAM SEIVERLING
DE 442	ULVERT M. MOORE
DE 449	HANNA
DE 534	SILVERSTEIN
DE 634	WHITEHURST
DE 644	VAMMEN
DE 667	WISEMAN
DE 679	GREENWOOD Active to 1958; train ship until rec 10/2/61-8/1/62; cont as train ship to 1966; str 2/20/67; sold; BU
DE 680	LOESER rec 3/9/51-8/1/62; active until str 8/23/68; BU
DE 684	DELONG APD-137: 8/15/45 (not conv); rec 2/7/51-1969; str 7/69; target 2/70
DE 685	COATES APD-138 (not conv); rec 2/7/51-1970; str 1/30/70; BU
DE 690	DIACHENKO APD-123
DE 691	HORACE A. BASS APD-124
DE 692	WANTUCK
DE 699	MARSH Active to 1958; rec 12/15/61-1969; served as training ship; str 1971
DE 700	CURRIER Active to 1960; 1848-1952 anti-submarine warfare training; Sept/52 to - May/54 served as sonar school training ship; dec 4/4/60; str 12/1/66; sunk as target 7/11/67.
DE 704	CRONIN DEC: 10/13/50; rec 2/9/51-12/4/53; str 6/1/70; BU
DE 705	FRYBARGER DEC as of 9/13/50; rec 10/6/50-12/9/54; str 12/1/72
DE 708	PARLE rec 3/2/51-7/62; then training vessel; LAST ACTIVE WWII DE str 7/1/70; target 10/70
DE 711	BEGOR
DE 712	CAVALLARO APD-128: 7/17/44; rec 9/4/53; dec; to Republic Of Korea 10/15/59 as KYONG NAM (APD-81); str 1984
DE 714	COOK APD-130: 7/17/44; rec 10/6/53
DE 716	BALDUCK APD-132: 7/17/44; rec 11/5/53, served in Pacific
DE 719	WEISS comm as APD-135; rec 10/14/50-3/2/58; rec 11/20/61-1/70; str 9/15/74; sold 6/24/75; scr
DE 722	BEVERLY W. REID APD-119: 7/17/44; rec & manned 3/18/67 by crew of LIDDLE (APD-60)
DE 744	KYNE served as training ship; rec 11/21/50-6/17/60; sold 11/73
DE 745	SNYDER rec 10/46, then full comm 5/50-5/5/60; str 8/1/72; BU 1973
DE 746	HEMMINGER rec 12/1/50-2/21/58; to Thailand 7/22/59 as PIN KLAO (3) and still serving in 1995
DE 748	TILLS reactivated 1947 for train; rec 11/1/50-1968; str 9/23/68; sunk as target 4/3/69
DE 749	ROBERTS rec 8/13/50-1964; dec 9/21/68; str 9/23/68; BU
DE 750	McCLELLAND training vessel; rec 7/14/50-9/12/60; str 8/1/72; sold 1973; BU 1974
DE 765	EARL K. OLSEN rec 11/21/50-2/25/58; str 8/1/72; sold 10/73
DE 794	HOLLIS APD-86: 1/24/45; rec 4/6/51-10/16/56; str 9/15/74
DE 797	WEEDEN rec 5/26/50-2/26/58; str 6/30/68; sold 10/27/69; BU
DE 800	JACK W. WILKE Active to 1960; str 8/1/72; sold 2/74