USN · DE

Currier

Afloat

Buckley-class destroyer escort, DE-700. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 21 July 1943 and launched her on 14 October 1943. Commissioned on 1 February 1944. Commander Alfred L. Lind was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Saipan, Eniwetok, Ulithi, and Guam. The Navy credited her with 1 battle star.

Class	Buckley class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-700
Builder	Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Launched	1943-10-14
Commissioned	1944-02-01
Fate	Afloat. 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	Lind, Alfred L. Commanding officer from 1 February 1944

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.

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

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Command

ALLind, Alfred L.Commanding officer from 1 February 1944

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