USS Price (DE-332)
USS Price (DE-332) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war she was assigned additional duties, including those of a radar picket ship.
She was named in honor of Lieutenant (junior grade) Edward Max Price who was killed in action in the Battle of the Coral Sea 8 May 1942. She was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas, 24 August 1943; launched 30 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Ray P. Reynolds; and commissioned 12 January 1944, Lt. Comdr. J. W. Higgins, Jr., USNR, in command.
Read more about USS Price (DE-332): World War II North Atlantic Operations, Transferred To The Pacific Fleet, Converted To Radar Picket Ship, Final Decommissioning, Awards, See Also
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