USS Stafford (DE-411)
USS Stafford (DE-411) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was named after Richard Y. Stafford (1916-1942), a United States Marine Corps Captain who died during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
Stafford was laid down on 29 November 1943 at Houston, Texas, by Brown Shipbuilding; launched on 11 January 1944, sponsored by Miss Flora Stafford; and commissioned on 19 April 1944, with Lieutenant Commander V. H. Craig, Jr., USNR, in command.
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“a doe, a recent killing;
she had stiffened already, almost cold.
I dragged her off she was large in the belly.”
—William Stafford (1914–1941)