USN · DE
AfloatBuckley-class destroyer escort, DE-639. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works, laid her down on 1 August 1943 and launched her on 12 December 1943. Commissioned on 17 March 1944. Lieutenant Commander Alfred Dunn Kilmartin was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around the Marshall Islands, Eniwetok, Emirau, and Manus.
| Class | Buckley class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-639 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works |
| Launched | 1943-12-12 |
| Commissioned | 1944-03-17 |
| 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. |
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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 Gendreau (DE-639) underway in San Francisco Bay on 27 March 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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