USS Edsall (DE-129)
USS ''Edsall'' (DE-129) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Seaman Norman Edsall (1873–1899). ''Edsall'' was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas on 2 July 1942; launched 1 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Bessie Edsall Bracey, sister of Seaman Edsall; and commissioned 10 April 1943. History ''Edsall'' was a schoolship at Norfolk, 20 June to 6 August 1943, for pre-commissioning crews of escort vessels, then served at Miami with the Submarine Chaser Training Center. In March 1944, she joined a tanker convoy at Galveston, Texas, assigned to Escort Division 59, whose flagship she became 24 March. ''Edsall'' continued escort duty from the Gulf of Mexico to New York City and Norfolk, and with one convoy to NS Argentia, Newfoundland. In May, she sailed to Bermuda for antisubmarine warfare tests using a captured Italian submarine. Between 1 July 1 ...
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USS Edsall (DE-129) Underway At Sea, In 1945
Two ships of United States Navy have been named USS ''Edsall'': * , a , in commission from 1920 to 1942 * , the lead ship of Edsall-class destroyer escort, her class of destroyer escort, in commission from 1943 to 1946 {{DEFAULTSORT:Edsall United States Navy ship names ...
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