Hull Number: DE-524
Launch Date: 09/24/1943
Decommissioned Date: 02/27/1946
Class: EVARTS
EVARTS Class
Namesake: WILLIAM MOUNSEY
WILLIAM MOUNSEY
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, August 2015
Capt. William Mounsey, RN, commanded HMS Bonne Citoyenne when she captured the French Furieuse in 1809.
Disposition:
Declared not essential to the defense of the United States 6 March 1946, Mounsey was stricken on the 28th and sold for scrapping to North American Smelting Co., Philadelphia, 8 November 1946. She was scrapped 4 November 1948.