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| Navy | TheUS Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Evarts |
| Pennant | DE 8 |
| Built by | Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 27 Nov 1942 |
| Launched | 9 Jan 1943 |
| Commissioned | 4 May 1943 |
| End service | 19 Nov 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned 19 November 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Steele (DE 8)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Cdr.Mark Edwin Dennett, USN | 5 Apr 1943 | 8 Jun 1945 |
| 2 | Lt.Fletcher Seymour, USNR | 8 Jun 1945 | 21 Nov 1945 |
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Notable events involving Steele include:
11 May 1945
USS Icefish (T/Cdr. R.W. Peterson, USN) andUSS Spadefish (T/Cdr. W.J. Germershausen, Jr., USN) conducted exercises off Guam withUSS Steele (T/Cdr. M.E. Dennett, USN),USS Baron (Lt.Cdr. W.M. Dickerson, USNR) andUSS Litchfield (Lt.Cdr. E.L. Holtz, USNR).
12 May 1945
USS Icefish (T/Cdr. R.W. Peterson, USN) andUSS Spadefish (T/Cdr. W.J. Germershausen, Jr., USN) conducted exercises off Guam withUSS Griswold (Lt.Cdr. L. Cresap, Jr., USNR),USS Steele (T/Cdr. M.E. Dennett, USN) andUSS Greenlet (Lt.Cdr. J.T. Hodgson, Jr., USN).
27 Jul 1945
USS Devilfish (T/Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr., USN) conducted attack exercises off Guam withUSS Steele (Lt. Seymour, USNR) andUSS Seid (Lt. A.F. Craft, USNR).
28 Jul 1945
During 28/29 July 1945,USS Devilfish (T/Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr., USN) andUSS Tigrone (Lt.Cdr. Vincent Edward Schumacher, USN) conducted attack exercises off Guam withUSS Steele (Lt. Seymour, USNR),USS Crouter (Lt. C.F. Braught, USNR) andUSS Seid (Lt. A.F. Craft, USNR). These exercises included night exercises.
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