Braithwaite K 468

BRAITHWAITE (DE-77/K-468)

Named for Captain S. Braithwaite (KINGSTON, 1727)

Type: TE
Builder: BHM
Laid down as USS STRAUB
Keel laid 05/10/43
Launched 07/31/43
Commissioned 11/13/43
First CO: Lt Cdr E. McKay, RNR
Decommissioned, returned to USN 11/13/45
Stricken 01/21/46
Sold 05/30/46
Unit of 3rd, 10th EGs
Served at Normandy
Assisted in sinking two U-boats

From the research of Anne McCarthy,
with contributions by Pat Perrella and Pat Stephens, webmaster. March 2006