USS George A. Johnson

History
United States
Name	USS George A. Johnson
Namesake	George A. Johnson
Builder	Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard
Laid down	24 November 1943
Launched	12 January 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Alfred R. Johnson, mother of Private Johnson
Commissioned	15 April 1944
Recommissioned	29 September 1950
Decommissioned	September 1957
Stricken	1 November 1965
Fate	Sold for scrap
General characteristics
Class & type	Rudderow
Type	Destroyer escort
Displacement	1,450 tons
Length	306 feet
Beam	36 feet, 10 inches
Draft	9 feet 8 inches
Speed	24 knots
Complement	186
Armament	2 × 5 in/38 cal (127 mm) (2x1); 4 × 40-mm (2x2); 10 × 20 mm (10x1); 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1x3); 1 Hedgehog depth bomb thrower; 8 depth charge projectors (8x1); 2 depth charge racks;

USS George A. Johnson (DE-583) was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort serving with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. From 1946 to 1957, she was used as a Navy Reserve training ship. She was scrapped in 1966.