USS Calcaterraa (DE-390)

USS **Calcaterra (DE-390)** was an Edsall-class destroyer escort commissioned by the United States Navy in 1943. During World War II, she served primarily in the Atlantic, performing convoy escort duties to protect Allied shipping from German U-boat threats. After the war, Calcaterra supported various peacetime operations and training exercises before being decommissioned in 1946. She was later recommissioned for service during the Cold War, including duty as a radar picket ship, before her final decommissioning in 1968.