The Rudderow class TEV (Turbo Electric 5-inch) type first appeared in 1944. The design matched two 5-inch/38 cal. guns with a Buckley-class (TE) hull and 12,000 shp powerplant. It

Length: “Long hull” 306' 0" x 300' 0" Molded Beam: 37' 0" Displacement: 1,450 long tons standard; 1,810 full load. Draft: Light: 9' 7"; Deep: 13' 9" Designed Complement: Officers, 15; Enlisted, 198. Shaft Horsepower: 12,000 Speed: Trial: 23.6 knots; Service: 24 knots. Screws: Two Rudders: Two Bridge: Low, enclosed. Stacks: One Initial Armament: 2 x 5-inch/38 dual purpose guns. 2 x twin 40mm gun; later 1 x quad and 3 x twin. 8 or 10 x single 20mm guns. 3 x depth charge racks. 8 x depth charge projectors. 1 x Hedgehog.

also introduced a low, closed bridge, which it shared with the John C. Butler class (WGT).
   Seventy-two Rudderows were built; 69 were completed by the time of the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945, two more later in September and one in November.
   Only 21 Rudderows saw service as destroyer escorts. The last 47 TEVs commissioned before World War II ended were commissioned as APDs; one other was converted as an APD after completion as a DE. Three other APDs were completed after the war ended.

BUILDERS
Bethlehem-Hingham and Quincy, Consolidated, Defoe, and the navy yards at Charleston and Philadelphia.

LOSSES AND DECORATIONS
TEVs in the US Navy sustained no losses during World War II and received no citations or commendations.