USS Sederstrom DE-31

Type:
Destroyer Escort
Class:
Evarts
Builder:
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Vallejo, California, U.S.A.
Hull Number:
DE-31
Ordered:
November 1, 1941
Commissioned:
September 11, 1943
Keel Laid:
December 24, 1942
Decommissioned:
November 15, 1945
Launched:
June 15, 1943
Stricken:


November 28, 1945
Fate:
Sold Nov. 24, 1947 to A. G. Schoonmaker Co. Inc., New York, New York and scrapped.
Notes:
Named in honor of Ensign Delmore Sederstrom, USNR (Supply Corps) 1916-1941.
Lost in USS Oklahoma BB-37 Dec. 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Ship's sponsor Mrs. Thomas D. D'Dea.
Ordered and laid down a BDE-31 for the United Kingdom.
Redesignated June 4, 1943 as Gillette DE-31.
Renamed July 30, 1943 as Sederstrom DE-31.


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