Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer Escort |
Class | Edsall |
Pennant | DE 324 |
Built by | Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 7 Aug 1942 |
Laid down | 24 May 1943 |
Launched | 24 Jul 1943 |
Commissioned | 15 Nov 1943 |
End service | |
History | Decommissioned 18 April 1947. |
Commands listed for USS Falgout (DE 324)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Henry A Meyer, USCG | 15 Nov 1943 | 22 Jul 1945 |
2 | Lcmdr Henry C Keene, Jr., USCG | 22 Jul 1945 | 8 May 1946 |
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Notable events involving Falgout include:
5 Dec 1943
USS Falgout picks up 11 survivors from the American tanker Touchet that was torpedoed and sunk on 3 December 1943 by German U-boat U-193 in the Gulf of Mexico in position 25°50'N, 86°30'W.
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