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USS Keith (DE 241)

Destroyer Escort of the Edsall class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassEdsall 
PennantDE 241 
Built byBrown Shipbuilding Co. (Houston, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down4 Aug, 1942 
Launched21 Dec, 1942 
Commissioned19 Jul, 1943 
End service20 Jul, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 20 July 1946.
Stricken 1 November 1972.
Sold 18 January 1974 and broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Keith include:

24 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-546 was sunk north-west of the Azores, in position 43º53'N, 40º07'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Flaherty, USS Neunzer, USS Chatelain, USS Varian, USS Hubbard, USS Janssen, USS Pillsbury and USS Keith. (see map)


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