USN · DE
Burden R. Hastings
Photos and infoEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-19. Laid down at Mare Island for Britain as Duckworth and taken over by the Navy. Launched 20 November 1942 and commissioned 1 May 1943. She left Pearl Harbor on 28 January 1944 and reached Kwajalein on 5 February with the Southern Garrison Group. Not sunk.
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
|---|---|
| Hull | DE-19 |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1942-11-20 |
| Commissioned | 1943-05-01 |
| Fate | Afloat. Decommissioned 25 October 1945 at Terminal Island. Struck 13 November 1945. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
USS Burden R. Hastings (DE-19) leaving Hunters Point Shipyard, San Francisco Bay, on 2 November 1944, in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 9D. U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-306969, National Archives, as shown on NavSource. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · escorted TG 51.4; reached Kwajalein on 5 February 1944; not sunk
