USS Savage (DE-386) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down 30 April 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched 15 July 1943; and commissioned on 29 October 1943 manned by a Coast Guard crew under the command of Lieutenant Commander Oscar C. Rohnke, USCG. On 18 November 1943, she was underway for Bermuda, British West Indies, for her shakedown cruise. On 23 December 1943 she departed for the U.S. Navy Yard in Charleston, South Carolina for post-shakedown repairs.