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Lovelace

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-198
BuilderNorfolk Navy Yard
Launched1943-07-04
Commissioned1943-11-07
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 22 May 1946. 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

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.

Lovelace
U.S. Navy. Launch of USS Lovelace (DE-198) at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia (USA), on 4 July 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Lovelace, hull DE-198, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Norfolk Navy Yard laid her down on 22 May 1943 and launched her on 4 July 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 7 November 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Rodman Drake DeKay Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to New Guinea, Hollandia, the Philippines, and Manus. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 22 May 1946. The Navy later expended her as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.