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Bush

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-529
Launched	1942-10-27
Commissioned	1943-05-10
Fate	Sunk. 6 April 1945
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Petersen, Wallis Frederick Captain, 10 May 1943 – 12 June 1943 Smith, Thurmond Augustus Captain, 12 June 1943 – 30 May 1944 Westholm, Rollin Everton Captain, 30 May 1944 – 6 April 1945

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

USS Bush (DD-529) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was launched on 27 October 1942 and commissioned on 10 May 1943.

Wallis Frederick Petersen was her first captain. He took command on the day she was commissioned and held it until 12 June 1943.

Thurmond Augustus Smith relieved Petersen on 12 June 1943. His tour ran through 30 May 1944, the longest command recorded for this hull.

Rollin Everton Westholm became captain on 30 May 1944. He was still in command on the day the ship was lost. Bush fought at Okinawa in the battle dated 1 April 1945. On 6 April, suicide planes sank her. The hull went down on 6 April 1945. Westholm's command ended with the ship.

The pictures on this page are the originals.