Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer Escort |
Class | Cannon |
Pennant | DE 197 |
Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 18 Jan 1942 |
Laid down | 21 Oct 1943 |
Launched | 9 Jan 1944 |
Commissioned | 21 Feb 1944 |
End service | |
History | Struck a mine off Eniwetok on 29 September 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Roche (DE 197)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Robert Eugene Parker, USN | 21 Feb 1944 | 6 Jan 1945 |
2 | William S. Laidley, USNR | 6 Jan 1945 | 16 Nov 1945 |
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