They served in World War II as convoy escorts and anti-submarine warfare ships.

The ships were built at various shipyards in the United States, including the Philadelphia Navy Yard and Defoe Shipbuilding Company.

After World War II, some of the surviving units of this class were transferred to Taiwan, South Korea, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and other countries.

[citation needed] The USS Ruchamkin, sold to the Colombian Navy and renamed to the ARC Córdoba (DT 15),[2] is the sole survivor of her class and is preserved at the Jaime Duque amusement park at Tocancipá, near Bogotá in Colombia.

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