USS Eisele (DE-34)

USS "Eisele" (DE-34) was an "Evarts"-class short-hull
destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, named after Seaman Second Class George Raymond Eisele, killed in action on board the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38) 12 November 1942 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.

"Eisele" (DE-34) was launched 29 June 1943 by Mare Island Navy Yard, Solano County,California, as BDE-34, sponsored for the British lend lease by Mrs. George A. Eisele, mother of Seaman Second Class Eisele, but retained by the U.S. Navy and assigned the name Eisele; and commissioned 18 October 1943, Lieutenant Commander E. C. Long in command.

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*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/e2/eisele.htm