Destroyer Escorts WWII era K to R

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Destroyer Escorts: World War II Era, Ships K to R

Following is a list of U.S. Destroyer Escorts commissioned during the World War II era. Many of these ships were in service for a relatively short period of time, and others were converted to different types of ships, were re-commissioned and returned to active duty. These ships contained a variety of asbestos-containing products. Exposure to these products can cause asbestos-related diseases including pleural disease, asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. Although some ships were ultimately sold to foreign governments, many were scrapped in the U.S., putting workers who disassembled the ships at risk for disease as well.

Hull Number	Name	Class	Year Commissioned
DE-241	USS Keith	Edsall	1943
DE-443	USS Kendall C. Campbell	John C. Butler	1944
DE-354	USS Kenneth M. Willett	John C. Butler	1944
DE-207/APD-61	USS Kephart	Buckley	1944
DE-348	USS Key	John C. Butler	1944
DE-318	USS Kirkpatrick	Edsall	1943
DE-229/APD/LRP-90	USS Kirwin	Rudderow/Crosley	1945
DE-718/APD-134	USS Kleinsmith	Rudderow/Crosley	1945
DE-687/APD-120	USS Kline	Rudderow/Crosley	1944
DE-591/APD/LPR-101	USS Knudson	Rudderow/Crosley	1944
DE-331	USS Koiner	Edsall	1943
DE-329	USS Kretchmer	Edsall	1943
DE-744	USS Kyne	Cannon	1944
DE-301	USS Lake	Evarts	1944
DE-743	USS Lamons	Cannon	1944
DE-159/APD-55	USS Laning	Buckley	1943
DE-388	USS Lansing	Edsall	1943
DE-409	USS LaPrade	John C. Butler	1944
DE-415	USS Lawrence C. Taylor	John C. Butler	1944
DE-65/APD-45	USS Lee Fox	Buckley	1943
DE-20	USS LeHardy	Evarts	1943
DE-420	USS Leland E. Thomas	John C. Butler	1944
DE-414	USS Leray Wilson	John C. Butler	1944
DE-580	USS Leslie L.B. Knox	Rudderow	1944
DE-162	USS Levy	Cannon	1943
DE-535	USS Lewis	John C. Butler	1944
DE-206/APD-60	USS Liddle	Buckley	1943
DE-209/APD-63	USS Lloyd	Buckley	1944
DE-356	USS Lloyd E. Acree	John C. Butler	1944
DE-680	USS Loeser	Buckley	1943
DE-586	USS Lough	Rudderow	1944
DE-198	USS Lovelace	Buckley	1943
DE-39	USS Lovering	Evarts	1943
DE-325	USS Lowe	Edsall	1943
DE-160/APD-56	USS Loy	Buckley	1943
DE-302	USS Lyman	Evarts	1944
DE-358	USS Mack	John C. Butler	1944
DE-796	USS Major	Buckley	1944
DE-791	USS Maloy	Buckley	1943
DE-36	USS Manlove	Evarts	1943
DE-199	USS Manning	Buckley	1943
DE-249	USS Marchand	Edsall	1943
DE-699	USS Marsh	Buckley	1944
DE-30	USS Martin	Evarts	1943
DE-338	USS Martin H. Ray	Edsall	1944
DE-174	USS Marts	Cannon	1943
DE-529	USS Mason	Evarts	1944
DE-351	USS Maurice J. Manuel	John C. Butler	1944
DE-179	USS McAnn	Cannon	1943
DE-750	USS McClelland	Cannon	1944
DE-163	USS McConnell	Cannon	1943
DE-440	USS McCoy Reynolds	John C. Butler	1944
DE-365	USS McGinty	John C. Butler	1944
DE-581	USS McNulty	Rudderow	1944
DE-416	USS Melvin R. Nawman	John C. Butler	1944
DE-320	USS Menges	Edsall	1943
DE-392	USS Merrill	Edsall	1943
DE-582	USS Metivier	Rudderow	1944
DE-176	USS Micka	Cannon	1943
DE-383	USS Mills	Edsall	1943
DE-43	USS Mitchell	Evarts	1943
DE-240	USS Moore	Edsall	1943
DE-321	USS Mosley	Edsall	1943
DE-770	USS Muir	Cannon	1944
DE-595/APD-105	USS Myers	Rudderow/Crosley	1945
DE-352	USS Naifeh	John C. Butler	1944
DE-769	USS Neil A. Scott	Cannon	1944
DE-200	USS Neuendorf	Buckley	1943
DE-150	USS Neunzer	Edsall	1943
DE-322	USS Newell	Edsall	1943
DE-205/APD-59	USS Newman	Buckley	1943
DE-340	USS O’Flaherty	John C. Butler	1944
DE-188	USS O’Neill	Cannon	1943
DE-330	USS O’Reilly	Edsall	1943
DE-527	USS O’Toole	Evarts	1944
DE-344	USS Oberrender	John C. Butler	1944
DE-670/APD-70	USS Odum	Buckley	1945
DE-417	USS Oliver Mitchell	John C. Butler	1944
DE-538	USS Osberg	John C. Butler	1945
DE-701	USS Osmus	Buckley	1944
DE-164	USS Osterhaus	Cannon	1943
DE-767	USS Oswald	Cannon	1944
DE-210	USS Otter	Buckley	1944
DE-244	USS Otterstetter	Edsall	1943
DE-165	USS Parks	Cannon	1943
DE-708	USS Parle	Rudderow	1944
DE-642	USS Paul G. Baker	Buckley	1944
DE-669/APD-69	USS Pavlic	Buckley	1944
DE-588	USS Peiffer	Rudderow	1944
DE-175	USS Pennewill	Cannon	1943
DE-152	USS Peterson	Edsall	1943
DE-253	USS Pettit	Edsall	1943
DE-133	USS Pillsbury	Edsall	1943
DE-151	USS Poole	Edsall	1943
DE-134	USS Pope	Edsall	1943
DE-363	USS Pratt	John C. Butler	1944
DE-371	USS Presley	John C. Butler	1944
DE-332	USS Price	Edsall	1944
DE-323	USS Pride	Edsall	1943
DE-698	USS Raby	Buckley	1943
DE-304	USS Rall	Evarts	1944
DE-382	USS Ramsden	Edsall	1943
DE-237/APD-96	USS Ray K. Edwards	Rudderow/Crosley	1945
DE-341	USS Raymond	John C. Butler	1944
DE-592/APD-102	USS Rednour	Rudderow/Crosley	1944
DE-156/APD-52	USS Reeves	Buckley	1943
DE-233/APD-92	USS Register	Rudderow/Crosley	1945
DE-153	USS Reuben James	Buckley	1943
DE-177	USS Reybold	Cannon	1943
DE-42	USS Reynolds	Evarts	1943
DE-384	USS Rhodes	Edsall	1943
DE-403	USS Richard M. Rowell	John C. Butler	1944
DE-402	USS Richard S. Bull	John C. Butler	1944
DE-342	USS Richard W. Suesens	John C. Butler	1944
DE-385	USS Richey	Edsall	1943
DE-254	USS Ricketts	Edsall	1943
DE-185	USS Riddle	Cannon	1943
DE-579	USS Riley	Rudderow	1944
DE-196	USS Rinehart	Cannon	1944
DE-590/APD/LPR-100	USS Ringness	Rudderow/Crosley	1944
DE-537	USS Rizzi	John C. Butler	1945
DE-345	USS Robert Brazier	John C. Butler	1944
DE-132	USS Robert E. Peary	Edsall	1943
DE-419	USS Robert F. Keller	John C. Butler	1944
DE-578	USS Robert I. Paine	Buckley	1944
DE-749	USS Roberts	Cannon	1944
DE-197	USS Roche	Cannon	1944
DE-605/APD-115	USS Rogers Blood	Rudderow/Crosley	1945
DE-362	USS Rolf	John C. Butler	1944
DE-364	USS Rombach	John C. Butler	1944
DE-336	USS Roy O. Hale	Edsall	1944
DE-228/APD/LRP-89	USS Ruchamkin	Rudderow/Crosley	1945
DE-224	USS Rudderow	Rudderow	1944
DE-793/APD-85	USS Runels	Buckley	1944

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