Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Roy O. Hale (DE-336) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war, she provided radar picket duty services as part of the Distant Early Warning Line. She was named in honor of lieutenant (junior grade) Roy Orestus Hale, Jr. who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for his valiant actions during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 7-8 May 1942. She was laid down on 13 September 1943 by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas; launched 20 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Roy O. Hale, mother of Lieutenant (junior grade) Hale; and commissioned on 3 February 1944, Lt. Comdr. William W. Bowie, USNR, in command.

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