USS Lough
USS Lough just after her launching | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Lough |
| Namesake | John Cady Lough |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard |
| Laid down | 8 December 1943 |
| Launched | 22 January 1944 |
| Commissioned | 2 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 24 June 1946 |
| Honors & awards | Three battlestars |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, October 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Rudderow |
| Type | Destroyer escort |
| Displacement | 1,450 tons |
| Length | 306 feet |
| Beam | 36 feet, 10 inches |
| Draft | 9 feet 8 inches |
| Speed | 24 knots |
| Complement | 186 |
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USS Lough (DE-586) was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was sold for scrapping in 1970.