USS Pride
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USS Pride (DE-323) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She returned home at war's end with three battle stars and then entered into service for the U.S. Coast Guard before final decommissioning.
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United States | |
Namesake | Lewis Bailey Pride, Jr. |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
Laid down | 12 April 1943 |
Launched | 3 July 1943 |
Commissioned | 13 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 1 June 1954 |
Stricken | 2 January 1971 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 30 January 1974 |
United States | |
Name | USCGC Pride (WDE-423) |
Commissioned | 20 July 1951 |
Decommissioned | 1 June 1954 |
Fate | Returned to USN, 1 June 1954 |
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Class and type | Edsall-class destroyer escort |
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Length | 306 feet (93.27 m) |
Beam | 36.58 feet (11.15 m) |
Draft | 10.42 full load feet (3.18 m) |
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Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
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Complement | 8 officers, 201 enlisted |
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