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Currier

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-700
BuilderDefoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Launched1943-10-14
Commissioned1944-02-01
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 4 April 1960. The Navy later expended her as a target.
Armament (class)Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command

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.

Currier
U.S. Navy. USS Currier (DE-700) steaming out of San Diego, California (USA), circa in 1959.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Currier, hull DE-700, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 21 July 1943 and launched her on 14 October 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 1 February 1944. Her first commanding officer was Commander Alfred L. Lind.

Her Pacific duty took her to Saipan, Eniwetok, Ulithi, and Guam. She was credited with 1 battle star.

Her commissioned service ended on 4 April 1960. The Navy later expended her as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.