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{{Short description|Class of American destroyer escorts}}
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|Name=''Edsall'' class
|Builders=*[[Consolidated Steel Corporation|Consolidated Steel]], TX
* [[Brown Shipbuilding]], TX
|Operators=*{{navy|United States|1912}}
* {{coast guard|United States|1953}}
* {{naval|Mexico}}
* {{naval|Philippines}}
* {{navy|Tunisia}}
* {{naval|South Vietnam}}
* {{navy|Vietnam}}
|Class before={{sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort|4}}
|Class after={{sclass|Rudderow|destroyer escort|4}}
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|Built range=
|In commission range=1943–2015
|Total ships building=
|Total ships planned=85
|Total ships completed=85
|Total ships cancelled=
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|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships lost=5
|Total ships retired=84
|Total ships preserved=1
|Total ships scrapped=75
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|Ship type=[[Destroyer escort]]
|Ship displacement=*1,253&nbsp;tons standard
* 1,590&nbsp;tons full load
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|Ship propulsion=2-shaft [[Fairbanks-Morse]] [[gear]]ed [[diesel engine]]s, {{convert|6000|bhp|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed={{convert|21|kn|abbr=on}}
|Ship range={{convert|10800|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|abbr=on}}
|Ship complement=186
|Ship sensors=*1 × [[SC radar]]
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The '''''Edsall''-class destroyer escorts''' were [[destroyer escort]]s built primarily for ocean antisubmarine escort service during [[World War II]]. The lead ship, {{USS|Edsall|DE-129|6}}, was commissioned on 10 April 1943 at [[Orange, Texas|Orange]], [[Texas]]. The class was also known as the FMR type from their [[Fairbanks-Morse]] [[gear|reduction-geared]] diesel drive, with a type of engine used in the [[submarine]]s of the time.  The FMR's substitution for a diesel-electric power plant was the essential difference from the predecessor {{sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort|5}} ("DET") class.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ussslater.org/history/dehistory/history_classes.html |title=Classes of Destroyer Escorts |first1=Eric |last1=Rivet |first2=Michael |last2=Stenzel |date=22 April 2011 |work=History of Destroyer Escorts |publisher=Destroyer Escort Historical Museum |access-date=8 July 2012 |quote=Except for the propulsion, the EDSALL class was nearly identical to the CANNON class in every respect. This fourth class of destroyer escort mounted a direct drive diesel configuration that proved to be extremely reliable. |archive-date=29 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229164511/http://www.ussslater.org/history/dehistory/history_classes.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> This was the only World War II destroyer escort class in which all the ships originally ordered were completed as [[United States Navy]] destroyer escorts.<ref>U.S. Destroyers, an illustrated design history by Norman Friedman, {{ISBN|1-55750-442-3}} Chapter 7</ref>

Destroyer escorts were regular companions escorting the vulnerable cargo ships. Late in the war, plans were made to replace the {{convert|3|in|mm|adj=on|0}} guns with {{convert|5|in|mm|adj=on|0}} guns, but only {{USS|Camp|DE-251|2}} was refitted (after a collision). In total, all 85 were completed by two shipbuilding companies: [[Consolidated Steel Corporation]], Orange, Texas (47), and [[Brown Shipbuilding]], [[Houston]], Texas (38). Most were en route to the Pacific Theater when Japan surrendered. One of the ships participated in [[Operation Dragoon]] and two were attacked by [[List of German guided weapons of World War II|German guided missiles]].

==Hull numbers==
A total of 85 ''Edsall''-class destroyer escorts were built.
* DE-129 through DE-152 [[Consolidated Steel Corporation]], [[Orange, Texas]]
* DE-238 through DE-255 [[Brown Shipbuilding]], [[Houston]], Texas
* DE-316 through DE-338 Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
* DE-382 through DE-401 Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas

===Fate===

===Destroyed or damaged in combat===
* {{USS|Frederick C. Davis|DE-136}} – sunk 24 April 1945 by {{ship|German submarine|U-546||2}} in the [[North Atlantic]]
* {{USS|Fiske|DE-143}} – sunk 2 August 1944 by {{ship|German submarine|U-804||2}} north of the [[Azores]]
* {{USS|Leopold|DE-319}} – torpedoed 9 March 1944 by {{ship|German submarine|U-255||2}} south of [[Iceland]]
* {{USS|Menges|DE-320}} – torpedoed 20 April 1944 by ''[[German submarine U-371|U-371]]'' off [[Algiers]], damaged
* {{USS|Holder|DE-401}} – damaged 11 April 1944 off [[Algiers]] by German aircraft

===Transferred to US Coast Guard from 1951 to 1954===
[[File:USS Lansing (DER-388) underway off the coast of Oahu on 16 November 1963 (KN-7281).jpg|thumb|USS ''Lansing'' in 1963]]
* {{USS|Newell|DE-322}} – redesignated WDE-422
* {{USS|Falgout|DE-324}} – redesignated WDE-424
* {{USS|Lowe|DE-325}} – redesignated WDE-425
* {{USS|Finch|DE-328}} – redesignated WDE-428
* {{USS|Koiner|DE-331}} – redesignated WDE-431
* {{USS|Forster|DE-334}} – redesignated WDE-434
* {{USS|Ramsden|DE-382}} – redesignated WDE-482
* {{USS|Richey|DE-385}} – redesignated WDE-485
* {{USS|Vance|DE-387}} – redesignated WDE-487
* {{USS|Lansing|DE-388}} – redesignated WDE-488
* {{USS|Durant|DE-389}} – redesignated WDE-489
* {{USS|Chambers|DE-391}} – redesignated WDE-491

===Transferred to other countries===
* {{USS|Hurst|DE-250}} – transferred to the [[Mexican Navy]] as ''Comodoro Manuel Azueta'' (A06), last of class in active service (decommissioned 2015)
* {{USS|Camp|DE-251}} – transferred to [[South Vietnam]] as ''Tran Hung Dao''. Later, to [[Philippines]] as {{BRP|Rajah Lakandula|PF-4}}
* {{USS|Thomas J. Gary|DE-326}} – transferred to [[Tunisia]]
* {{USS|Forster|DE-334}} – transferred to [[South Vietnam]] as ''Tran Khanh Du''. Later, captured by [[North Vietnam]] and used as training vessel

===Notable ships of class===
* {{USS|Pillsbury|DE-133}} sister ship of USS ''Pope''. Was in TG 22.3 with ''Pope'' and participated in the capture of U-boat {{ship|German submarine|U-505||2}}.
* {{USS|Joyce|DE-317}} Participated in the sinking of U-boat {{ship|German submarine|U-550||2}}.
* {{USS|Peterson|DE-152}} Also participated in the sinking of U-boat {{ship|German submarine|U-550||2}}.
* {{USS|Pope|DE-134}} was in Task Force 22.3 that was centered on escort carrier {{USS|Guadalcanal|CVE-60|6}}, which captured German U-boat U-505.
* {{USS|Flaherty|DE-135}} was in TG 22.3 with ''Pope'', ''Pillsbury'' and ''Chatelain'' and participated in the capture of U-505.
* {{USS|Frederick C. Davis|DE-136}} and {{USS|Herbert C. Jones|DE-137}} each received a Navy Unit Commendation for action during the [[Operation Shingle|Anzio]] campaign.
* {{USS|Frost|DE-144}} sank 5 German U-boats and awarded [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]], 7 [[battle stars]].
* {{USS|Chatelain|DE-149}} was in TG 22.3 with ''Pope'' and ''Pillsbury'' and participated in the capture of U-505.
* {{USS|Stewart|DE-238}} – the sole surviving example of the ''Edsall''-class; a museum ship in [[Galveston, Texas]].
* {{USS|Kretchmer|DE-329}} received a [[Navy Unit Commendation]] for action three days after the war ended.
* {{USS|Stanton|DE-247}} won two battle stars in a single engagement sinking two U-boats with the USS Frost (DE-144).

==Ships in Class==
{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Construction data
|-
! scope="col" | Ship name
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Hull no.|hull number}}
! scope="col" | Builder
! scope="col" | Laid down
! scope="col" | Launched
! scope="col" | Commissioned
! scope="col" | Decommissioned
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Edsall|DE-129|2}}
|DE-129
|rowspan=31|[[Consolidated Steel Corporation]], [[Orange, Texas]]
|2 July 1942
|1 November 1942
|10 April 1943
|11 June 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 June 1968, sold for scrap in July 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Jacob Jones|DE-130|2}}
|DE-130
|16 June 1942
|29 November 1942
|29 April 1943
|26 July 1946
|Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 22 August 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hammann|DE-131|2}}) (ex-''Langley'')
|DE-131
|10 July 1942
|13 December 1942
|17 May 1943
|24 October 1945
|Struck from Navy List 1 October 1972, sold for scrap 18 January 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Robert E. Peary|DE-132|2}}
|DE-132
|30 June 1942
|2 January 1943
|31 May 1943
|13 June 1947
|Struck from Navy List 1 July 1966, sold for scrap 6 September 1967
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Pillsbury|DE-133|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-133
|rowspan=2|18 July 1942
|rowspan=2|10 January 1943
|7 June 1943
|1 May 1947
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-133 in August 1954.  Struck from Navy List 1 July 1965, sold for scrap in 1966
|-
|15 March 1955
|20 June 1960
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Pope|DE-134|2}}
|DE-134
|14 July 1942
|12 January 1943
|25 June 1943
|17 May 1946
|Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 22 August 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Flaherty|DE-135|2}}
|DE-135
|7 November 1942
|17 January 1943
|26 June 1943
|17 June 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 April 1965, sold for scrap 4 November 1966
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Frederick C. Davis|DE-136|2}}
|DE-136
|9 November 1942
|24 January 1943
|14 July 1943
|{{N/a}}
|Torpedoed and sunk by German ''U-546'' in Western Atlantic on 24 April 1945
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Herbert C. Jones|DE-137|2}}
|DE-137
|30 November 1942
|19 January 1943
|21 July 1943
|2 May 1947
|Struck from Navy List 1 July 1972, sold for scrap 19 July 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Douglas L. Howard|DE-138|2}}
|DE-138
|8 December 1942
|24 January 1943
|29 July 1943
|17 June 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 October 1972, sold for scrap 14 May 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Farquhar|DE-139|2}}
|DE-139
|14 December 1942
|13 February 1943
|5 August 1943
|14 June 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 October 1972, sold for scrap 21 March 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|J. R. Y. Blakely|DE-140|2}}
|DE-140
|16 December 1942
|7 March 1943
|16 August 1943
|14 June 1946
|Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 22 August 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hill|DE-141|2}}
|DE-141
|21 December 1942
|28 February 1943
|16 August 1943
|7 June 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 October 1972, sold for scrap 18 January 1974
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Fessenden|DE-142|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-142
|rowspan=2|4 January 1943
|rowspan=2|9 March 1943
|25 August 1943
|24 June 1946
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-142 1 October 1951.  Struck from Navy List 1 September 1966, sunk as a target off [[Pearl Harbor, Hawaii]] on 20 December 1967
|-
|4 March 1952
|30 June 1960
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Fiske|DE-143|2}}
|DE-143
|4 January 1943
|14 March 1943
|25 August 1943
|{{N/a}}
|Torpedoed and sunk by German ''U-804'' north of the [[Azores]] on 2 August 1944
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Frost|DE-144|2}}
|DE-144
|13 January 1943
|21 March 1943
|30 August 1943
|18 June 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 April 1965, sold for scrap 29 December 1966
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Huse|DE-145|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-145
|rowspan=2|11 January 1943
|rowspan=2|23 March 1943
|30 August 1943
|27 March 1946
|rowspan=2|Struck from Navy List 1 August 1973, sold for scrap 24 June 1974
|-
|3 August 1951
|30 June 1965
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Inch|DE-146|2}}
|DE-146
|19 January 1943
|4 April 1943
|8 September 1943
|17 May 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 October 1972, sold for scrap 21 March 1974
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=3 | {{USS|Blair|DE-147|2}}
|rowspan=3|DE-147
|rowspan=3|19 January 1943
|rowspan=3|6 April 1943
|13 September 1943
|28 June 1946
|rowspan=3|Reclassified DER-147 1 November 1956.  Struck from Navy List 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 20 September 1974
|-
|5 October 1951
|13 November 1956
|-
|2 December 1957
|15 June 1960
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Brough|DE-148|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-148
|rowspan=2|22 January 1943
|rowspan=2|10 April 1943
|18 September 1943
|22 March 1946
|rowspan=2|Struck from Navy List 1 November 1965, sold for scrap 13 October 1966
|-
|7 September 1951
|30 June 1965
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Chatelain|DE-149|2}}
|DE-149
|25 January 1943
|21 April 1943
|22 September 1943
|14 June 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 August 1973, sold for scrap 24 June 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Neunzer|DE-150|2}}
|DE-150
|29 January 1943
|27 April 1943
|27 September 1943
|January 1947
|Struck from Navy List 1 July 1972, sold for scrap 1 November 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Poole|DE-151|2}}
|DE-151
|13 February 1943
|8 May 1943
|29 September 1943
|January 1947
|Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 30 January 1974
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Peterson|DE-152|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-152
|rowspan=2|28 February 1943
|rowspan=2|15 May 1943
|29 September 1943
|1 May 1946
|rowspan=2|Struck from Navy List 1 August 1973, sold for scrap in 1974
|-
|2 May 1952
|June 1965
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Stewart|DE-238|2}}
|DE-238
|rowspan=26|[[Brown Shipbuilding]], [[Houston]], Texas
|15 July 1942
|22 November 1942
|31 May 1943
|January 1947
|Struck from Navy List 1 October 1972; Donated as a [[museum ship]] in [[Galveston, Texas]] on 25 June 1974
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=3 | {{USS|Sturtevant|DE-239|2}}
|rowspan=3|DE-239
|rowspan=3|15 July 1942
|rowspan=3|3 December 1942
|16 June 1943
|24 March 1946
|rowspan=3|Reclassified DER-239 1 November 1956.  Struck from Navy List 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 20 September 1973
|-
|3 August 1951
|31 October 1956
|-
|5 October 1957
|June 1960
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Moore|DE-240|2}}
|DE-240
|20 July 1942
|21 December 1942
|1 July 1943
|30 June 1947
|Struck from Navy List 1 August 1973, sunk as a target off Virginia on 13 June 1975
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Keith|DE-241|2}} (ex-''Scott'')
|DE-241
|4 August 1942
|21 December 1942
|19 July 1943
|20 September 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 November 1972, sold for scrap in 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Tomich|DE-242|2}}
|DE-242
|15 September 1942
|28 December 1942
|27 July 1943
|20 September 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 November 1972, sold for scrap 20 January 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|J. Richard Ward|DE-243|2}} (ex-''James R. Ward'')
|DE-243
|30 September 1942
|6 January 1943
|5 July 1943
|13 June 1946
|Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 10 April 1972
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Otterstetter|DE-244|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-244
|rowspan=2|9 November 1942
|rowspan=2|19 January 1943
|6 August 1943
|21 September 1946
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-244 in December 1951.  Struck from Navy List 1 August 1974, sunk as a target off Puerto Rico on 15 February 1976
|-
|6 June 1952
|20 June 1960
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Sloat|DE-245|2}}
|DE-245
|21 November 1942
|21 January 1943
|16 August 1943
|6 August 1947
|Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 10 April 1972
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=3 | {{USS|Snowden|DE-246|2}}
|rowspan=3|DE-246
|rowspan=3|7 December 1942
|rowspan=3|19 February 1943
|23 August 1943
|29 March 1946
|rowspan=3|Struck from Navy List 23 September 1968, sunk as a target off [[Newport, Rhode Island]] 23 June 1969
|-
|6 June 1951
|August 1960
|-
|2 October 1961
|23 September 1968
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Stanton|DE-247|2}}
|DE-247
|7 December 1942
|21 February 1943
|7 August 1943
|2 June 1947
|Struck from Navy List 1 December 1970
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Swasey|DE-248|2}}
|DE-248
|30 December 1942
|18 March 1943
|31 August 1943
|15 January 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 November 1972, sold for scrap 30 January 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Marchand|DE-249|2}}
|DE-249
|30 December 1942
|20 March 1943
|8 September 1943
|25 April 1947
|Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 30 January 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hurst|DE-250|2}}
|DE-250
|27 January 1943
|14 April 1943
|30 August 1943
|1 May 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 December 1972.  Transferred to Mexico as ''Comodoro Manual Azueta'' on 1 October 1973
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Camp|DE-251|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-251
|rowspan=2|27 January 1943
|rowspan=2|16 April 1943
|16 September 1943
|1 May 1946
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-251 21 October 1951.  Transferred to South Vietnam as ''Tran Hung Dao'' 13 February 1971.  Struck from Navy List while in South Vietnamese service on 30 December 1975.  Escaped to the Philippines and transferred to the [[Philippine Navy]] as ''Rajah Lakandula'' 5 April 1976
|-
|31 July 1956
|13 February 1971
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Howard D. Crow|DE-252|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-252
|rowspan=2|6 February 1943
|rowspan=2|26 April 1943
|27 September 1943
|22 May 1946
|rowspan=2|Struck from Navy List 23 September 1968, sold for scrap in October 1970
|-
|6 July 1951
|23 September 1968
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Pettit|DE-253|2}}
|DE-253
|6 February 1943
|28 April 1943
|23 September 1943
|6 May 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 August 1973, sunk as a target off Puerto Rico on 30 September 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Ricketts|DE-254|2}}
|DE-254
|16 March 1943
|10 May 1943
|5 October 1943
|17 April 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 November 1972, sold for scrap 18 January 1974
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Sellstrom|DE-255|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-255
|rowspan=2|16 March 1943
|rowspan=2|12 May 1943
|12 October 1943
|13 June 1946
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-255 21 October 1955.  Struck from Navy List 1 November 1965, sold for scrap in April 1967
|-
|1 October 1956
|June 1960
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Harveson|DE-316|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-316
|rowspan=38|[[Consolidated Steel Corporation]], [[Orange, Texas]]
|rowspan=2|9 March 1943
|rowspan=2|22 May 1943
|12 October 1943
|9 May 1947
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-316 13 September 1950.  Struck from Navy List 1 December 1966, sunk as a target off California on 10 October 1967
|-
|12 February 1951
|30 June 1960
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Joyce|DE-317|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-317
|rowspan=2|8 March 1943
|rowspan=2|26 May 1943
|30 September 1943
|1 May 1946
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-317 13 September 1950.  Struck from Navy List 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 11 September 1973
|-
|28 February 1951
|17 June 1960
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Kirkpatrick|DE-318|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-318
|rowspan=2|15 March 1943
|rowspan=2|5 June 1943
|23 October 1943
|1 May 1946
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-318 1 October 1951.  Struck from Navy List 1 August 1974, sold for scrap 12 March 1975
|-
|23 February 1952
|24 June 1960
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Leopold|DE-319|2}}
|DE-319
|24 March 1943
|12 June 1943
|18 October 1943
|{{N/a}}
|Torpedoed and sunk by German ''U-255'' south of Iceland on 10 March 1944
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Menges|DE-320|2}}
|DE-320
|22 March 1943
|15 June 1943
|26 October 1943
|January 1947
|Torpedoed in stern by German ''U-371'' in the [[Gulf of Bougie]] on 3 May 1944; stern repaired at [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]] using the stern of the damaged {{USS|Holder|DE-401|2}} and returned to service 26 September 1944.  Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrapping 10 April 1972.
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Mosley|DE-321|2}}
|DE-321
|6 April 1943
|26 June 1943
|30 October 1943
|15 March 1946
|Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 22 August 1973
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Newell|DE-322|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-322
|rowspan=2|5 April 1943
|rowspan=2|29 June 1943
|30 October 1943
|20 November 1945
|rowspan=2|Commissioned into the [[United States Coast Guard]] as USCGC ''Newell'' (WDE-422) on 20 July 1951.  Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 1 June 1954.  Reclassified DER-322 1 November 1956.  Struck from Navy List 23 September 1968, sold for scrap 15 December 1971
|-
|20 August 1957
|21 September 1968
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Pride|DE-323|2}}
|DE-323
|12 April 1943
|3 July 1943
|13 November 1943
|26 April 1946
|Commissioned into the [[United States Coast Guard]] as USCGC ''Pride'' (WDE-423) on 20 July 1951.  Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 1 June 1954.  Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 30 January 1974
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Falgout|DE-324|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-324
|rowspan=2|26 May 1943
|rowspan=2|24 July 1943
|15 November 1943
|18 April 1947
|rowspan=2|Commissioned into the [[United States Coast Guard]] as USCGC ''Falgout'' (WDE-424) on 24 August 1951.  Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 21 May 1954.  Reclassified DER-324 28 October 1954.  Struck from Navy List 1 June 1975, sunk as a target off California 12 January 1977
|-
|30 June 1955
|10 October 1969
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Lowe|DE-325|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-325
|rowspan=2|24 May 1943
|rowspan=2|28 July 1943
|22 November 1943
|1 May 1946
|rowspan=2|Commissioned into the [[United States Coast Guard]] as USCGC ''Lowe'' (WDE-425) on 20 July 1951.  Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 1 June 1954.  Reclassified DER-325 28 October 1954.  Struck from Navy List 23 September 1968, sold for scrap 3 September 1969
|-
|15 January 1955
|23 September 1968
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Thomas J. Gary|DE-326|2}} (ex-''Gary'')
|rowspan=2|DE-326
|rowspan=2|15 June 1943
|rowspan=2|21 August 1943
|27 November 1943
|7 March 1947
|rowspan=2|Renamed from ''Gary'' 1 January 1945 to free the name for Light Cruiser CL-147.  Reclassified DER-326 1 November 1956.  Struck from Navy List 22 October 1973.  Transferred to Tunisia and renamed ''President Bourgiba'' on 22 October 1973
|-
|2 August 1957
|22 October 1973
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Brister|DE-327|2}} (ex-''O'Toole'')
|rowspan=2|DE-327
|rowspan=2|14 June 1943
|rowspan=2|24 August 1943
|30 November 1943
|4 October 1946
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-327 21 October 1955.  Struck from Navy List 23 September 1968, sold for scrap 3 November 1971
|-
|21 July 1956
|21 September 1968
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Finch|DE-328|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-328
|rowspan=2|29 June 1943
|rowspan=2|28 August 1943
|13 December 1943
|4 October 1946
|rowspan=2|Commissioned into the [[United States Coast Guard]] as USCGC ''Finch'' (WDE-428) on 21 August 1951.  Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 23 April 1954.  Reclassified DER-328 21 October 1955.  Struck from Navy List 1 February 1974, sold for scrap 27 September 1974
|-
|17 September 1956
|1 October 1973
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Kretchmer|DE-329|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-329
|rowspan=2|28 June 1943
|rowspan=2|31 August 1943
|27 December 1943
|20 September 1946
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-329 21 October 1955.  Struck from Navy List 30 September 1973, sold for scrap 14 May 1974
|-
|22 September 1956
|1 October 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|O'Reilly|DE-330|2}}
|DE-330
|29 July 1943
|2 October 1943
|28 December 1943
|15 June 1946
|Struck from Navy List 15 January 1971, sold for scrap 10 April 1972
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Koiner|DE-331|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-331
|rowspan=2|26 July 1943
|rowspan=2|5 October 1943
|27 December 1943
|4 October 1946
|rowspan=2|Commissioned into the [[United States Coast Guard]] as USCGC ''Koiner'' (WDE-431) on 20 June 1951.  Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 14 May 1954.  Reclassified DER-328 28 October 1954.  Struck from Navy List 23 September 1968, sold for scrap 3 September 1969
|-
|26 August 1955
|23 September 1968
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Price|DE-332|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-332
|rowspan=2|24 August 1943
|rowspan=2|30 October 1943
|12 January 1944
|16 May 1947
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-332 21 October 1955.  Struck from Navy List 1 August 1974, sold for scrap 12 March 1975
|-
|1 August 1956
|30 June 1960
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Strickland|DE-333|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-333
|rowspan=2|23 August 1943
|rowspan=2|2 November 1943
|10 January 1944
|15 June 1946
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-333 1 October 1951.  Struck from Navy List 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 10 September 1974
|-
|2 February 1952
|17 June 1960
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Forster|DE-334|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-334
|rowspan=2|31 August 1943
|rowspan=2|13 November 1943
|25 January 1944
|15 June 1946
|rowspan=2|Commissioned into the [[United States Coast Guard]] as USCGC ''Forster'' (WDE-434) on 29 June 1951.  Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 25 May 1954.  Reclassified DER-334 21 October 1955.  Struck from Navy List 25 September 1971.  Transferred to South Vietnam and renamed ''Tran Khanh Du'' on 25 September 1971.  Captured by North Vietnam and renamed ''Dai Ky'' 29 April 1975, retained in Vietnamese service after fall of South Vietnam
|-
|23 October 1956
|25 September 1971
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Daniel|DE-335|2}}
|DE-335
|30 August 1943
|16 November 1943
|24 January 1944
|12 April 1946
|Struck from Navy List 15 January 1971, sold for scrap 30 January 1974
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Roy O. Hale|DE-336|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-336
|rowspan=2|13 September 1943
|rowspan=2|20 November 1943
|3 February 1944
|11 July 1946
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-336 21 October 1955.  Struck from Navy List 1 August 1974, sold for scrap 12 March 1975
|-
|29 January 1957
|15 July 1963
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Dale W. Peterson|DE-337|2}}
|DE-337
|25 October 1943
|22 December 1943
|17 February 1944
|27 March 1946
|Struck from Navy List 2 January 1971, sold for scrap 10 April 1972
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Martin H. Ray|DE-338|2}}
|DE-338
|27 October 1943
|29 December 1943
|28 February 1944
|March 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 May 1966, sold for scrap 30 March 1967
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Ramsden|DE-382|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-382
|rowspan=32|[[Brown Shipbuilding]], [[Houston]], Texas
|rowspan=2|26 March 1943
|rowspan=2|24 May 1943
|19 October 1943
|13 June 1946
|rowspan=2|Commissioned into the [[United States Coast Guard]] as USCGC ''Ramsden'' (WDE-482) on 1 April 1952.  Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 28 June 1954.  Reclassified DER-382 1 November 1956.  Struck from Navy List 1 August 1974, later sunk as a target
|-
|10 December 1957
|23 June 1960
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Mills|DE-383|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-383
|rowspan=2|26 March 1943
|rowspan=2|26 May 1943
|12 October 1943
|14 June 1946
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-383 on 1 November 1956.  Struck from Navy List 1 August 1974, sold for scrap 12 March 1975
|-
|3 October 1957
|27 October 1970
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Rhodes|DE-384|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-384
|rowspan=2|19 April 1943
|rowspan=2|29 June 1943
|25 October 1943
|13 June 1946
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-384 on 28 October 1954.  Struck from Navy List 1 August 1974, sold for scrap 12 March 1975
|-
|1 August 1955
|10 July 1963
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Richey|DE-385|2}}
|DE-385
|19 April 1943
|30 June 1943
|30 October 1943
|January 1947
|Commissioned into the [[United States Coast Guard]] as USCGC ''Richey'' (WDE-485) on 1 April 1952.  Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 28 June 1954.  Struck from Navy List 30 June 1968, sunk as a target off California in July 1969
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Savage|DE-386|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-386
|rowspan=2|30 April 1943
|rowspan=2|15 July 1943
|29 October 1943
|13 June 1946
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-386 on 28 October 1954.  Struck from Navy List 1 June 1975, sunk as a target off California 25 October 1982
|-
|18 February 1955
|17 October 1969
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Vance|DE-387|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-387
|rowspan=2|30 April 1943
|rowspan=2|16 July 1943
|1 November 1943
|27 February 1946
|rowspan=2|Commissioned into the [[United States Coast Guard]] as USCGC ''Vance'' (WDE-487) on 9 May 1952.  Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 16 June 1954.  Reclassified DER-387 21 October 1955.  Struck from Navy List 1 June 1975, later sunk as a target in 1985
|-
|5 October 1956
|10 October 1969
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Lansing|DE-388|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-388
|rowspan=2|15 May 1943
|rowspan=2|2 August 1943
|10 November 1943
|25 April 1946
|rowspan=2|Commissioned into the [[United States Coast Guard]] as USCGC ''Lansing'' (WDE-488) on 15 June 1952.  Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 29 March 1954.  Reclassified DER-388 21 October 1955.  Struck from Navy List 1 February 1974, sold for scrap 16 August 1974
|-
|18 December 1956
|21 May 1965
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Durant|DE-389|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-389
|rowspan=2|15 May 1943
|rowspan=2|3 August 1943
|16 November 1943
|27 February 1946
|rowspan=2|Commissioned into the [[United States Coast Guard]] as USCGC ''Durant'' (WDE-489) on 9 May 1952.  Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 16 June 1954.  Reclassified DER-389 7 December 1955.  Struck from Navy List 1 April 1974, sold for scrap 16 August 1974
|-
|7 December 1956
|June 1964
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Calcaterra|DE-390|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-390
|rowspan=2|28 May 1943
|rowspan=2|16 August 1943
|17 November 1943
|1 May 1946
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-390 28 October 1954.  Struck from Navy List 2 July 1973, sold for scrap 14 May 1974
|-
|12 September 1955
|2 July 1973
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Chambers|DE-391|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-391
|rowspan=2|28 May 1943
|rowspan=2|17 August 1943
|22 November 1943
|22 April 1946
|rowspan=2|Commissioned into the [[United States Coast Guard]] as USCGC ''Chambers'' (WDE-491) on 11 June 1952.  Decommissioned from the USCG and returned to the US Navy 30 July 1954.  Reclassified DER-391 28 October 1954.  Struck from Navy List 1 March 1975, sold for scrap 24 September 1975
|-
|1 June 1955
|20 June 1960
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Merrill|DE-392|2}}
|DE-392
|1 July 1943
|29 August 1943
|27 November 1943
|1 May 1946
|Struck from Navy List 2 April 1971, sold for scrap 30 September 1974
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Haverfield|DE-393|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-393
|rowspan=2|1 July 1943
|rowspan=2|30 August 1943
|29 November 1943
|30 June 1947
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-393 2 September 1954.  Struck from Navy List 2 June 1969, sold for scrap 15 December 1971
|-
|4 January 1955
|2 June 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Swenning|DE-394|2}}
|DE-394
|17 July 1943
|13 September 1943
|1 December 1943
|18 June 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 July 1972, sold for scrap 17 January 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Willis|DE-395|2}}
|DE-395
|17 July 1943
|14 September 1943
|10 December 1943
|14 June 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 July 1972, sold for scrap later in 1972
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Janssen|DE-396|2}}
|DE-396
|4 August 1943
|4 October 1943
|18 December 1943
|19 June 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 July 1972, sold for scrap 15 October 1973
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Wilhoite|DE-397|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-397
|rowspan=2|4 August 1943
|rowspan=2|5 October 1943
|16 December 1943
|19 June 1946
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-397 2 September 1954.  Struck from Navy List 2 July 1969, sold for scrap 19 July 1972
|-
|29 January 1955
|2 July 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Cockrill|DE-398|2}}
|DE-398
|31 August 1943
|29 October 1943
|24 December 1943
|21 June 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 August 1973, sunk as a target off Florida on 19 November 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Stockdale|DE-399|2}}
| style="white-space: nowrap;" |DE-399
|31 August 1943
|30 October 1943
|31 December 1943
|15 June 1946
|Struck from Navy List 1 July 1972, sunk as a target off Florida on 24 May 1974
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USS|Hissem|DE-400|2}}
|rowspan=2|DE-400
|rowspan=2|6 October 1943
|rowspan=2|26 December 1943
|13 January 1944
|15 June 1946
|rowspan=2|Reclassified DER-400 21 October 1955.  Struck from Navy List 1 June 1975, sunk as a target off California on 24 February 1982
|-
|31 August 1956
|15 May 1970
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Holder|DE-401|2}}
|DE-401
|6 October 1943
|27 December 1943
|18 January 1944
|13 September 1944
|Torpedoed by German aircraft northeast of [[Algiers]] on 11 April 1944.  Struck from Navy List 23 September 1944.  Stern used to repair {{USS|Menges|DE-320|2}}.  Remainder of ship sold for scrap 19 June 1947
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Edsall class destroyer escorts}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061012131222/http://users3.ev1.net/~de238/stewart/edsall_list.html List of Edsall Class Destroyer Escorts]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/142.htm  USS ''Fessenden'' DE/DER-142]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080515202328/http://destroyersonline.com/usndd/detypes.htm Destroyers OnLine: The Destroyer Escorts]
* [http://destroyerhistory.org/de/edsallclass/ Edsall class] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20090219202357/http://destroyerhistory.org/ Destroyer History Foundation]
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