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Frybarger

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-705
BuilderDefoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Launched1944-01-25
Commissioned1944-05-18
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 30 June 1947. She went to the breakers later.
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.

Frybarger
U.S. Navy. USS Frybarger (DE-705) underway at sea, in the 1950s.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Frybarger, hull DE-705, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 8 November 1943 and launched her on 25 January 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 18 May 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Clifford C. Ewing.

Her Pacific duty took her to Manus and the Philippines.

Her commissioned service ended on 30 June 1947. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.