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Osmus

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-701
BuilderDefoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Launched1943-11-04
Commissioned1944-02-23
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 15 March 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.

Osmus
Photographed from a USS Hamlin (AV-15) plane. USS Osmus (DE-701) underway in the area of Ulithi Atoll, circa in November-December 1944 (80-G-K-2593).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Osmus, hull DE-701, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Wesley Frank Osmus. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 17 August 1943 and launched her on 4 November 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 23 February 1944. Her first commanding officer was Commander Richmond R. Jackson.

Her Pacific duty took her to Espiritu Santo, the Admiralty Islands, Ulithi, and the Caroline Islands. She was credited with 1 battle star.

Her commissioned service ended on 15 March 1947. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.