Sea Weapons

Destroyer Escort (1954)

Dealey class

USS Lester (DE-1022)

Preceded by:

John C. Butler (1943)

Succeeded by:

Claud Jones (1958)

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Dealey DE-1006 Bath Iron Works15/12/195208/11/195303/06/195428/07/1972Transferred
Cromwell DE-1014 Bath Iron Works03/08/195304/06/195424/11/195405/07/1972Sold/Scrapped
Hammerberg DE-1015 Bath Iron Works12/11/195320/08/195402/03/195514/12/1973Sold/Scrapped
Courtney DE-1021 Defoe02/09/195402/11/195524/09/195614/12/1973Sold/Scrapped
Lester DE-1022 Defoe02/09/195405/01/195614/06/195714/12/1973Sold/Scrapped
Evans DE-1023 Puget Sound Bridge08/04/195514/09/195514/06/195703/12/1973Sold/Scrapped
Bridget DE-1024 Puget Sound Bridge19/09/195524/04/195624/10/195712/11/1973Sold/Scrapped
Bauer DE-1025 Bethlehem01/12/195604/06/195722/11/195703/12/1973Sold/Scrapped
Hooper DE-1026 Bethlehem04/01/195601/08/195716/04/195806/06/1973Sold/Scrapped
John Willis DE-1027 New York SB05/07/195504/02/195621/02/195714/07/1972Sold/Scrapped
Van Voorhis DE-1028 New York SB29/08/195528/07/195615/04/195701/07/1972Sold/Scrapped
Hartley DE-1029 New York SB31/10/195526/01/195730/07/195708/07/1972Transferred
Joseph K. Taussig DE-1030 New York SB31/01/195609/03/195710/09/195701/07/1972Sold/Scrapped
Transfers:
Ship Code Former Code Comm Decomm Fate
Boyaca DE-16 Hartley DE-1029 08/07/19721994Preserved
18 de Julio DE-3 Dealey DE-1006 28/07/19721991Sold/Scrapped

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