USN · DE
AfloatBuckley-class destroyer escort, DE-699. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 23 June 1943 and launched her on 25 September 1943. Commissioned on 12 January 1944. Lieutenant Commander Perry Maurice Fenton was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around the Marianas, Okinawa, the Yellow Sea, and Subic.
| Class | Buckley class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-699 |
| Builder | Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan |
| Launched | 1943-09-25 |
| Commissioned | 1944-01-12 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 1 August 1962. She went to the breakers later. |
| Armament (class) | Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount. |
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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 photo 80-G-364378. USS Tulagi (CVE-72) and USS Marsh (DE-699) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 2 June 1944 (80-G-364378).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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