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Henry R. Kenyon

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-683
BuilderBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Launched1943-10-30
Commissioned1943-11-30
FateAfloat. 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

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.

Henry R. Kenyon
Lt. Hoppe, U.S. Navy, weapons officer abaord USS Henry R. Kenyon. USS Henry R. Kenyon (DE-683) at anchor, circa in 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Henry R. Kenyon, hull DE-683, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, laid her down on 29 September 1943 and launched her on 30 October 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 30 November 1943. Her first commanding officer was Commander C. M. Lyons Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to Leyte, the Philippines, New Guinea, and Okinawa.

Her commissioned service ended on 3 February 1947. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.