USS Otterstetter (DE-244) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.
She was named in honor of Seaman Second Class Carl William Otterstetter who was killed in action during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. He received a citation for prompt and efficient action and utter disregard of personal danger in the effort to repel the attack on the Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu.
Otterstetter was laid down 9 November 1942 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched 19 January 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Miles P. Refo, Jr.; commissioned 6 August 1943, Lt. Comdr. W. B. Porter, in command.
Read more about USS Otterstetter (DE-244): World War II North Atlantic Operations, Transfer To The Pacific Fleet, Post-War Conversion To Radar Picket Ship, Final Decommissioning