DE Classified
USS Eversole
USS EVERSOLE (DE-404) participated in the largest Naval battle in history, the Battle of Leyte Gulf. She was tasked with escorting Taffy 1 and moving to assist Taffy 3 after the famed Battle of Samar. Tragically just after the battle, she was torpedoed off the coast of Leyte and sunk. One of just 13 destroyer escorts lost in American service.
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USS EVERSOLE (DE-404) May 1944. Photo courtesy of Larry Carr & John Chiquoine via Navsource.org
USS EVERSOLE (DE-404) May 1944. Photo courtesy of Larry Carr & John Chiquoine via Navsource.org