USN · DE
AfloatBuckley-class destroyer escort, DE-705. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 8 November 1943 and launched her on 25 January 1944. Commissioned on 18 May 1944. Lieutenant Commander Clifford C. Ewing was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Manus and the Philippines.
| Class | Buckley class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-705 |
| Builder | Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan |
| Launched | 1944-01-25 |
| Commissioned | 1944-05-18 |
| Fate | Afloat. 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. |
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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 Frybarger (DE-705) underway at sea, in the 1950s.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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