High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Metivier (DE-582) was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II. Metivier was laid down by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts, 24 November 1943; launched 12 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph Metivier, mother of Coxswain Metivier; and commissioned 7 April 1944, Lt. Comdr. Francis Kernan, Jr., in command. Metivier departed Boston Navy Yard 3 June for Norfolk, Virginia, arriving 2 days later for schoolship duty. On the 23rd the escort got underway from Norfolk escorting a convoy of 91 ships to North Africa, arriving off Bizerte, Tunisia, 14 July. In August she returned to the east coast, entering Norfolk channel the 31st. On 1 September she began another voyage to the Mediterranean Sea, ending at New York 17 October.

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