USS Strickland (DE-333)

USS Strickland (DE-333)

USS Strickland (DE-333) 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 served the U.S. Navy in other tasks, including that of a radar picket ship.

She was named in honor of Ensign Everett C. Strickland who was killed on 9 August 1942 during the Battle of Savo Island. She was laid down on 23 August 1943 by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas; launched on 2 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Everett Strickland; and commissioned on 10 January 1944, Lt. Comdr. A. J. Hopkins in command.