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USS Menges (DE 320)

Destroyer Escort of the Edsall class


USS Menges as completed

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassEdsall 
PennantDE 320 
Built byConsolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down22 Mar, 1943 
Launched15 Jun, 1943 
Commissioned26 Oct, 1943 
End serviceJan, 1947 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned in January 1947.
Stricken 2 January 1971.
Sold 10 April 1972 and broken up for scrap. 

Hit by U-boat
Damaged on 3 May, 1944 by U-371 (Fenski).


Noteable events involving Menges include:

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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