Built by New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Ordered 9 Sep 1940
Laid down 11 Apr 1942
Launched 22 May 1943
Commissioned 31 Aug 1943
End service 11 Feb 1947
History
Decommissioned 11 February 1947.
Transferred to France on 8 Jan 1951, renamed Lafayette (R-96) and commissioned into the French Navy on 2 June 1951.
Returned to the U.S.N. in March 1963.
Stricken 20 March 1963.
Scrapped at Baltimore in 1964.
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