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History
USS PeifferUnited States
NameUSS Peiffer
NamesakeCarl David Peiffer
BuilderBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard
Laid down21 December 1943
Launched26 January 1944
Sponsored byMrs. Frank W. Peiffer, mother of Ensign Peiffer
Commissioned15 June 1944
Decommissioned1 June 1946
Stricken1 December 1966
Honors and
awards		One battle star
FateDestroyed as a target, 16 May 1967
General characteristics
Class and typeRudderow
TypeDestroyer escort
Displacement1,450 tons
Length306 feet
Beam36 feet, 10 inches
Draft9 feet 8 inches
Speed24 knots
Complement186
Armament
  • 2 × 5 in/38 cal (127 mm) (2x1)
  • 4 × 40-mm (2x2)
  • 10 × 20 mm (10x1)
  • 3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1x3)
  • 1 Hedgehog depth bomb thrower
  • 8 depth charge projectors (8x1)
  • 2 depth charge racks

USS Peiffer (DE-588) was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was sold for scrapping in 1967.

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