Allied Warships

USS Haverfield (DE 393)

Destroyer Escort of the Edsall class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassEdsall 
PennantDE 393 
Built byBrown Shipbuilding Co. (Houston, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Jul 1943 
Launched30 Aug 1943 
Commissioned29 Nov 1943 
End service2 Jun 1969 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 30 June 1947.
Reclassified as DER-393 on 2 September 1954.
Recommissioned 4 January 1955.
Decommissioned and stricken 2 June 1969.
Sold 15 December 1971 to be broke up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Haverfield (DE 393)

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1Lt.Cdr. Jerry A. Mathews, Jr., USNR29 Nov 1943???

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Noteable events involving Haverfield include:


13 Mar 1944
The German submarine U-575 was sunk in the north Atlantic north of the Azores, in position 46º18'N, 27º34'W, by depth charges from the Canadian frigate HMCS Prince Rupert, the US destroyer USS Hobson the US destroyer escort USS Haverfield and by depth charges from a British Wellington and Fortress aircraft (Sqdn. 172/B and 206/R and 220/J) and Avenger aircraft of the US escort carrier USS Bogue. (see map)

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