Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer Escort |
Class | Edsall |
Pennant | DE 246 |
Built by | Brown Shipbuilding Co. (Houston, Texas, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 18 Jan 1942 |
Laid down | 7 Dec 1942 |
Launched | 19 Feb 1943 |
Commissioned | 23 Aug 1943 |
End service | 1 Aug 1962 |
History | Decommissioned in March 1946 and placed in reserve with the Atlantic Fleet. |
Commands listed for USS Snowden (DE 246)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lcmdr Alexander Jackson, Jr., USNR | 23 Aug 1943 | 27 Dec 1943 |
2 | lcmdr Norman W Swanson, USNR | 27 Dec 1943 |
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Notable events involving Snowden include:
26 Apr 1944
German U-boat U-488 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic west of Cape Verde in position 17°54'N, 38°05'W by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Frost, USS Huse, USS Barber and USS Snowden.
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