DE, another forgotton small ship

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Just reading: A Measureless Peril, by Richard Snow. Scribner 2010 available in ebook also.

I never realized that the DE's were produced similar to Liberty Ships! :salute:

 

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Modular design was used at just about every shipyard which had the landside facilities and space to do it. Large-yard built DE's were often constructed four to five abreast and multiple launchings and christenings on the same day were fairly commonplace by 1944 and into 45.

There are pictures from the Bethlehem yard in Staten Island NY which show a Destroyer just sliding off the ways while workers are lowering the keel of a new ship onto the blocks. I'm sure this was a fairly common practice at the DE yards too.