Destroyer Escort of the Edsall class
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Edsall |
| Pennant | DE 134 |
| Built by | Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 14 Jul, 1942 |
| Launched | 12 Jan, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 25 Jun, 1943 |
| End service | 17 May, 1946 |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Decommissioned 17 May 1946.
Stricken 2 January 1971.
Sold 22 August 1973 and broken up for scrap. |
| Noteable events involving Pope (ii) include: 9 Apr, 1944
The German submarine U-515 was sunk at 1510hrs on 9 April 1944 in the mid-Atlantic north of Madeira in position 34.35N, 19.18W, by rockets from 4 Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-58) of the US escort carrier USS Guadalcanal and depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Pope, USS Pillsbury, USS Chatelain and USS Flaherty. (see map) 4 Jun, 1944
The German submarine U-505 was captured at sea west of Africa by ships and Wildcat aircraft of the US Navy task force 22.3, escort carrier USS Guadalcanal and the destroyer escorts USS Pillsbury, USS Chatelain, USS Flaherty, USS Jenks and USS Pope. |
