Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer Escort |
Class | Edsall |
Pennant | DE 142 |
Built by | Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
Laid down | 4 Jan 1943 |
Launched | 9 Mar 1943 |
Commissioned | 25 Aug 1943 |
End service | 30 Jun 1960 |
History | Decommissioned 24 June 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Fessenden (DE 142)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. William A Dobbs, USCG | 25 Aug 1943 | 20 Jun 1945 |
2 | Harold Norman Poulsen, USNR | 20 Jun 1945 |
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Notable events involving Fessenden include:
30 Sep 1944
German U-boat U-1062 was sunk in the central Atlantic by the US destroyer escort USS Fessenden.
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