High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Durant (DE-389/WDE-489/DER-389) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy, which served briefly in the United States Coast Guard. She was named for Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Kenneth W. Durant. Durant was launched 3 August 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas; sponsored by Mrs. S. R. Durant, mother of Pharmacist's Mate Durant; and commissioned 16 November 1943, Lieutenant Commander C. C. Knapp, USCG, in command. From 21 January to 7 February 1944 Durant served as schoolship at Norfolk, Virginia for the training of prospective crews for escort vessels. She made eight voyages as a convoy escort to north African ports between 10 February 1944 and 12 June 1945, guarding men and supplies essential to victory in the European theater of war. On her last crossing the German submarine U-873 surrendered to the escorts.

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