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George

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-697
BuilderDefoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Launched1943-08-14
Commissioned1943-11-20
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 8 October 1958. 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.

George
U.S. Navy. USS Briareus (AR-12) with USS George (DE-697) and three LCIs at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, on 20 July 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

George, hull DE-697, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 22 May 1943 and launched her on 14 August 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 20 November 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander John Edward Pace.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Admiralty Islands, Manus, the Marshall Islands, and Iwo Jima. She was credited with 2 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 8 October 1958. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.