USN · DE

Gillette

Afloat

Buckley-class destroyer escort, DE-681. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, laid her down on 24 August 1943 and launched her on 25 September 1943. Commissioned on 27 October 1943. Commander T. G. Murrell was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Manus.

Class	Buckley class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-681
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Launched	1943-09-25
Commissioned	1943-10-27
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 3 February 1947. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command	Murrell, T. G. Commanding officer from 27 October 1943

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 Gillette (DE-681) at anchor in June 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

TGMurrell, T. G.Commanding officer from 27 October 1943

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