Allied Warships

USS Steele (DE 8)

Destroyer Escort of the Evarts class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassEvarts 
PennantDE 8 
Built byBoston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down27 Nov 1942 
Launched9 Jan 1943 
Commissioned4 May 1943 
End service19 Nov 1945 
History

Decommissioned 19 November 1945.
Stricken 5 December 1945.
Sold and broken up for scrap in 1947.

 

Commands listed for USS Steele (DE 8)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Cdr. Mark Edwin Dennett, USN5 Apr 19438 Jun 1945
2Lt Fletcher Seymour, USNR8 Jun 194521 Nov 1945

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Notable events involving Steele include:


27 Jul 1945
USS Devilfish (T/Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr., USN) conducted attack exercises off Guam with USS Steele (Lt. Seymour, USNR) and USS Seid (Lt. A.F. Craft, USNR).

28 Jul 1945
During 28/29 July 1945, USS Devilfish (T/Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr., USN) and USS Tigrone (Lt.Cdr. Vincent Edward Schumacher, USN) conducted attack exercises off Guam with USS Steele (Lt. Seymour, USNR), USS Crouter (Lt. C.F. Braught, USNR) and USS Seid (Lt. A.F. Craft, USNR). These exercises included night exercises.

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


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