Hull Number: DE-273
Launch Date: 06/04/1943
Commissioned Date: 08/20/1945
Class: EVARTS
EVARTS Class
Namesake: EUGENE THOMAS SANDERS
EUGENE THOMAS SANDERS
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, September 2015
Eugene Thomas Sanders was born on 15 March 1899 in Hubbard, Oregon. Enlisted in the Army on 16 June 1917, he was discharged on 13 February 1919. On 18 September 1919, he enlisted in the Navy and subsequently served in Brant, 4 December 1932 to 1 June 1934; in Finch, 30 August 1934 to 28 January 1936; at the naval station at Olongapo, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 29 January 1936 to 3 April 1937; and in Canopus, 6 April 1937 to 10 March 1938.
On 7 May 1940, Chief Boatswain Sanders reported to Arizona (BB-29). Appointed Ensign on 3 November 1941, he died in Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
Disposition:
leased to Britain on 30 September 1943. Renamed Grindall (K.477) by Britain, she was returned to the United States on 20 August 1945 and was scrapped on 28 May 1946.