USS Cates (DE 763)
| Navy | US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Cannon |
| Pennant | DE 763 |
| Built by | Tampa Shipbuilding Co. Inc. (Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.) |
| Laid down | 1 Mar 1943 |
| Launched | 19 Oct 1943 |
| Commissioned | 15 Dec 1943 |
| End service | 28 Mar 1947 |
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Decommissioned 28
March 1947. Stricken by the U.S.N. 20 December 1950. Transferred to France 1 November 1950 being renamed Soudanais. Soudanais was stricken and broken up in 1959. |
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