# Evarts-class destroyer escort

The Evarts-class destroyer escorts were destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1942–44. They served in World War II as convoy escorts and anti-submarine warfare ships. They were also known as the GMT or "short hull" DE class, with GMT standing for General Motors Tandem Diesel drive.
The lead ship was USS Evarts, launched on 7 December 1942, exactly a year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The first ship to be completed was commissioned on 20 January 1943 at the Boston Navy Yard; it was delivered to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease provisions and became HMS Bayntun. Evarts-class ships were driven by diesel-electric power with four diesel engines mounted in tandem with electric drives. The ships were prefabricated in sections at various factories in the United States and the units brought together in the shipyards, where they were welded together on the slipways. The original design specified eight engines for 24 knots but other priority programs forced the use of only four with a consequent shortening of the hull.
In all, 105 Evarts-class ships were ordered with 8 later being cancelled. The United States Navy commissioned 65 while 32 Evarts-class ships were delivered to the Royal Navy. They were classed as frigates and named after captains of the Napoleonic Wars and formed part of the Captain class along with 46 ships of the Buckley class.

## Ships in Class

Construction data :
| Ship Name | Hull No. | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
| Evarts | DE-5 | Boston Navy Yard | 17 October 1942 | 7 December 1942 | 5 April 1943 | 2 October 1945 | Decommissioned at New York, sold for scrap 12 July 1946 |
| Wyffels | DE-6 | Boston Navy Yard | 17 October 1942 | 7 December 1942 | 21 April 1943 | 28 August 1945 | Decommissioned and leased to Republic of China as T'ai Kang; permanently transferred to Republic of China February 1948 and struck from NVR 12 March 1948 |
| Griswold | DE-7 | Boston Navy Yard | 27 November 1942 | 9 January 1943 | 28 April 1943 | 19 November 1945 | Struck from Navy List 5 December 1945; sold for scrap 27 November 1946 |
| Steele | DE-8 | Boston Navy Yard | 27 November 1942 | 9 January 1943 | 4 May 1943 | 21 November 1945 | Struck from Navy List 5 December 1945 |
| Carlson | DE-9 | Boston Navy Yard | 27 November 1942 | 9 January 1943 | 10 May 1943 | 10 December 1945 | Sold 17 October 1946 |
| Bebas | DE-10 | Boston Navy Yard | 27 November 1942 | 9 January 1943 | 15 May 1943 | 18 October 1945 | Struck from Navy List 1 November 1945; sold for scrap January 1947 |
| Crouter | DE-11 | Boston Navy Yard | 8 February 1942 | 26 January 1943 | 25 May 1943 | 30 November 1945 | Sold for scrapping, 25 November 1946. Broken up, 1947 |
| Brennan (ex-HMS Bentinck) | DE-13 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 28 February 1942 | 22 August 1942 | 20 January 1943 | 9 October 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 24 October 1945; sold for scrap July 1946 |
| Doherty (ex-HMS Berry) | DE-14 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 28 February 1942 | 29 August 1942 | 6 February 1943 | 14 December 1945 | Sold 26 December 1946 |
| Austin (ex-HMS Blackwood) | DE-15 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 14 March 1942 | 25 September 1942 | 13 February 1943 | 21 December 1945 | Struck from Navy List 8 January 1946; scrapping completed at Terminal Island Naval Shipyard 9 January 1947 |
| Edgar G. Chase (ex-HMS Burges) | DE-16 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 14 March 1942 | 26 September 1942 | 20 March 1943 | 16 October 1945 | Struck from Navy List 1 November 1945; sold for scrap 18 March 1947 |
| Edward C. Daly (ex-HMS Byard) | DE-17 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 1 April 1942 | 21 October 1942 | 3 April 1943 | 20 December 1945 | Struck from Navy List 1 January 1946; sold for scrap 11 November 1946 |
| Gilmore (ex-HMS Calder) | DE-18 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 1 April 1942 | 22 October 1942 | 17 April 1943 | 29 December 1945 | Sold for scrap 1 February 1947 |
| Burden R. Hastings (ex-HMS Duckworth) | DE-19 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 15 April 1942 | 20 November 1942 | 1 May 1943 | 25 October 1945 | Struck from Navy List 13 November 1945; sold for scrap 1 February 1947 |
| Le Hardy (ex-HMS Duff) | DE-20 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 15 April 1942 | 21 November 1942 | 15 May 1943 | 25 October 1945 | Sold for scrap 26 December 1946 |
| Harold C. Thomas (ex-HMS Essington) | DE-21 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 30 April 1942 | 18 December 1942 | 31 May 1943 | 26 October 1945 | Sold for scrap 25 November 1946 |
| Wileman (ex-HMS Foley) | DE-22 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 30 April 1942 | 19 December 1942 | 11 June 1943 | 16 November 1945 | Struck from Navy List 28 November 1945; sold for scrap January 1947 |
| Charles R. Greer | DE-23 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 7 September 1942 | 18 January 1943 | 25 June 1943 | 2 November 1945 | Sold 1 February 1947 |
| Whitman | DE-24 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 7 September 1942 | 19 January 1943 | 3 July 1943 | 1 November 1945 | Struck from Navy List 16 November 1945; sold for scrap 31 January 1947 |
| Wintle | DE-25 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 1 October 1942 | 18 February 1943 | 10 July 1943 | 15 November 1945 | Struck from Navy List 28 November 1945; sold for scrap 25 August 1947 |
| Dempsey | DE-26 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 1 October 1942 | 19 February 1943 | 24 July 1943 | 22 November 1945 | Sold 18 April 1947 |
| Duffy | DE-27 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 29 October 1942 | 16 April 1943 | 5 August 1943 | 9 November 1945 | Sold 16 June 1947 |
| Emery (ex-Eisner) | DE-28 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 29 October 1942 | 17 April 1943 | 14 August 1943 | 15 November 1945 | Sold 21 July 1947 |
| Stadtfeld | DE-29 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 26 November 1942 | 17 May 1943 | 26 August 1943 | 15 November 1945 | Sold for scrap July 1947 |
| Martin | DE-30 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 26 November 1942 | 18 May 1943 | 4 September 1943 | 19 November 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 5 December 1945; Sold for scrap 15 May 1946 |
| Sederstrom (ex-Gillette) | DE-31 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 24 December 1942 | 15 June 1943 | 11 September 1943 | 15 November 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 28 November 1945; sold for scrap 24 November 1947 |
| Fleming | DE-32 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 24 December 1942 | 16 June 1943 | 18 September 1943 | 10 November 1945 | Sold 29 January 1948 |
| Tisdale | DE-33 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 23 January 1943 | 28 June 1943 | 11 October 1943 | 17 November 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 28 November 1945; sold for scrap 2 February 1948 |
| Eisele | DE-34 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 23 January 1943 | 29 June 1943 | 18 October 1943 | 16 November 1945 | Sold 29 January 1948 |
| Fair | DE-35 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 24 February 1943 | 27 July 1943 | 23 October 1943 | 17 November 1945 | Transferred to the U.S. Army 20 May 1947 |
| Manlove | DE-36 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 24 February 1943 | 28 July 1943 | 8 November 1943 | 16 November 1945 | Sold for scrap 4 December 1947 |
| Greiner | DE-37 | Puget Sound Navy Yard | 7 September 1942 | 20 May 1943 | 18 August 1943 | 19 November 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 5 December 1945; sold for scrap 10 February 1946 |
| Wyman | DE-38 | Puget Sound Navy Yard | 7 September 1942 | 3 June 1943 | 1 September 1943 | 17 December 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 8 January 1946; sold for scrap 16 April 1947 |
| Lovering | DE-39 | Puget Sound Navy Yard | 7 September 1942 | 18 June 1943 | 17 September 1943 | 16 October 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 1 November 1945; sold for scrap 31 December 1946 |
| Sanders | DE-40 | Puget Sound Navy Yard | 7 September 1942 | 18 June 1943 | 1 October 1943 | 19 December 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 8 January 1946; sold for scrap 8 May 1947 |
| Brackett | DE-41 | Puget Sound Navy Yard | 12 January 1943 | 1 August 1943 | 18 October 1943 | 23 November 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 5 December 1945; sold for scrap May 1947 |
| Reynolds | DE-42 | Puget Sound Navy Yard | 12 January 1943 | 1 August 1943 | 1 November 1943 | 5 December 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 19 December 1945; sold for scrap 28 April 1947 |
| Mitchell | DE-43 | Puget Sound Navy Yard | 12 January 1943 | 1 August 1943 | 7 November 1943 | 29 December 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 29 December 1945; sold for scrap 11 December 1946 |
| Donaldson | DE-44 | Puget Sound Navy Yard | 12 January 1943 | 1 August 1943 | 1 December 1943 | 5 December 1945 | Sold 2 July 1946 |
| Andres (ex-HMS Capel) | DE-45 | Philadelphia Navy Yard | 12 February 1942 | 24 July 1942 | 15 March 1943 | 18 October 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 1 November 1945; sold for scrap February 1946 |
| Decker | DE-47 | Philadelphia Navy Yard | 1 April 1942 | 24 July 1942 | 3 May 1943 | 28 August 1945 | Decommissioned and leased to the Republic of China as Ta'i Ping; Struck from Navy List and permanently transferred to China 7 February 1948; Sunk by Communist Chinese gunboats 14 November 1954 |
| Dobler | DE-48 | Philadelphia Navy Yard | 1 April 1942 | 24 July 1942 | 17 May 1943 | 2 October 1945 | Sold for scrap 12 July 1946 |
| Doneff | DE-49 | Philadelphia Navy Yard | 1 April 1942 | 24 July 1942 | 10 June 1943 | 22 December 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 21 January 1946; sold for scrap 9 January 1947 |
| Engstrom | DE-50 | Philadelphia Navy Yard | 1 April 1942 | 24 July 1942 | 21 June 1943 | 19 December 1945 | Sold 26 December 1946 |
| Seid | DE-256 | Boston Navy Yard | 10 January 1943 | 22 February 1943 | 11 June 1943 | 14 December 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 8 January 1946; sold for scrap January 1947 |
| Smartt | DE-257 | Boston Navy Yard | 10 January 1943 | 22 February 1943 | 18 June 1943 | 5 October 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 24 October 1945; sold for scrap 12 July 1946 |
| Walter S. Brown | DE-258 | Boston Navy Yard | 10 January 1943 | 22 February 1943 | 25 June 1943 | 4 October 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 24 October 1945 |
| William C. Miller | DE-259 | Boston Navy Yard | 10 January 1943 | 22 February 1943 | 2 July 1943 | 21 December 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 8 January 1946; sold for scrap 12 April 1947 |
| Cabana | DE-260 | Boston Navy Yard | 27 January 1943 | 10 March 1943 | 9 July 1943 | 9 January 1946 | Sold 13 May 1947 |
| Dionne | DE-261 | Boston Navy Yard | 27 January 1943 | 10 March 1943 | 16 July 1943 | 18 January 1946 | Sold 12 June 1947 |
| Canfield | DE-262 | Boston Navy Yard | 23 February 1943 | 6 April 1943 | 22 July 1943 | 21 December 1945 | Sold 12 June 1947 |
| Deede | DE-263 | Boston Navy Yard | 23 February 1943 | 6 April 1943 | 29 July 1943 | 9 January 1946 | Sold 12 June 1947 |
| Elden | DE-264 | Boston Navy Yard | 23 February 1943 | 6 April 1943 | 4 August 1943 | 18 January 1946 | Sold 12 July 1947 |
| Cloues | DE-265 | Boston Navy Yard | 23 February 1943 | 6 April 1943 | 10 August 1943 | 26 November 1945 | Sold 22 May 1947 |
| Lake | DE-301 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 22 April 1943 | 18 August 1943 | 5 February 1944 | 3 December 1945 | Sold for scrap 14 December 1946 |
| Lyman | DE-302 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 22 April 1943 | 18 August 1943 | 19 February 1944 | 5 December 1945 | Sold for scrap 26 December 1946 |
| Crowley | DE-303 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 24 May 1943 | 22 September 1943 | 25 March 1944 | 3 December 1945 | Sold 21 December 1946 |
| Rall | DE-304 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 24 May 1943 | 23 September 1943 | 8 April 1944 | 11 December 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 3 January 1946; sold for scrap 18 March 1947 |
| Halloran | DE-305 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 21 June 1943 | 14 January 1944 | 27 May 1944 | 2 November 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 28 November 1945; sold for scrap 7 March 1947 |
| Connolly | DE-306 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 21 June 1943 | 15 January 1944 | 8 July 1944 | 22 November 1945 | Sold for scrap 20 May 1946 |
| Finnegan | DE-307 | Mare Island Navy Yard | 5 July 1943 | 22 February 1944 | 19 August 1944 | 27 November 1945 | Sold June 1946 |
| O'Toole | DE-527 | Boston Navy Yard | 25 September 1943 | 2 November 1943 | 22 January 1944 | 18 October 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 1 November 1945; sold for scrap March 1946 |
| John J. Powers | DE-528 | Boston Navy Yard | 25 September 1943 | 2 November 1943 | 29 February 1944 | 16 October 1945 | Scrapped February 1946 |
| Mason | DE-529 | Boston Navy Yard | 14 October 1943 | 17 November 1943 | 20 March 1944 | 12 October 1945 | Struck from the Navy List 1 November 1945; sold for scrap 18 March 1947 |
| John M. Bermingham | DE-530 | Boston Navy Yard | 14 October 1943 | 17 November 1943 | 8 April 1944 | 12 October 1945 | Scrapped March 1946 |