Allied Warships

USS Lowe (DE 325)

Destroyer Escort of the Edsall class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassEdsall 
PennantDE 325 
Built byConsolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down24 May 1943 
Launched28 Jul 1943 
Commissioned22 Nov 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 1 May 1946.
Loaned to the United States Coast Guard and (re)commissioned as WDE-425 on 20 July 1951.
Returned to the U.S.N. and decommissioned 1 June 1954.
Reclassified as DER-324 on 28 October 1954.
Recommissioned in 1955.
Decommissioned at an unknown date.
Stricken 23 September 1968.
Sold 3 September 1969 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Lowe (DE 325)

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1Cdr. Reginald H. French, USCG22 Nov 1943???

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18 Mar 1945
The German submarine U-866 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-east of Boston, in position 43º18'N, 61º08'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Lowe, USS Menges, USS Pride and USS Mosley. (see map)

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