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Loeser

Class	Buckley class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-680
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Launched	1943-09-11
Commissioned	1943-10-10
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 28 March 1947. The Navy later expended her as a target.
Armament (class)	Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command	Kunz, Chester Arthur Jr. Commanding officer from 10 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.

Loeser, hull DE-680, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Lieutenant Commander Arthur E. Loeser. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, laid her down on 27 July 1943 and launched her on 11 September 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 10 October 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Chester Arthur Kunz Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to Funafuti, Espiritu Santo, Lingayen, and Luzon. She was credited with 2 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 28 March 1947. The Navy later expended her as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.