USN · DE
AfloatBuckley-class destroyer escort, DE-642. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works, laid her down on 26 September 1943 and launched her on 12 March 1944. Commissioned on 25 May 1944. Lieutenant Commander Wallace Gordon Cornell was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Emirau, the Admiralty Islands, Saipan, and Ulithi. The Navy credited her with 1 battle star.
| Class | Buckley class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-642 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works |
| Launched | 1944-03-12 |
| Commissioned | 1944-05-25 |
| Fate | Afloat. 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. |
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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. USS Paul G. Baker (DE-642) underway in San Francisco Bay, California (USA), on 5 June 1944 (80-G-236380).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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