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Fieberling

Class	Buckley class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-640
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works
Launched	1944-04-02
Commissioned	1944-04-11
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 13 March 1948. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command	Lull, Edward E. Commanding officer from 11 April 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.

Fieberling, hull DE-640, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works, laid her down on 19 March 1944 and launched her on 2 April 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 11 April 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Edward E. Lull.

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

Her commissioned service ended on 13 March 1948. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.